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State agriculture officials adopt policy supporting the right to farm

NASDA

The purpose of this new policy is to lessen the loss of farmland caused by nuisance lawsuits which can arise when nonagricultural land uses expand into agricultural and forest areas,” NASDA CEO Ted McKinney said. The USDA Economic Research Service reports the number of farmers and acres of land in farms is on a downward trend.

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Why Are Family Farms in Trouble?

Modern Farmer

The acreage is going down, too: There are about 879 million acres being farmed, down slightly from the 900 million acres growing crops or feeding animals in 2017. There are fewer farmers and less farmland, but due to consolidation, there has been an increase in income for the remaining farmers. And we replanted five acres.”

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Transforming the Delta

Food Environment and Reporting Network

If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 In 1920, Blacks owned or operated 14 percent of all farmland in the U.S.; In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres. today it is less than 2 percent.

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Denali Changes10 Billion Pounds of Organic Matter into Fertilizer

Agwired

2023 Report Agriculture Highlights By The Numbers ● Denali’s recycling efforts produced enough natural fertilizer to support more than 100,000 acres of farmland and manufactured enough animal feed to nourish over 40,000 cattle across five states. The report also notes the company collected 1.7

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Precision Ag News 10/31

Agwired

farmers are using a new solution to treat soil compaction – a problem that affects over 68 million acres of farmland and significantly reduces crop yields. Unpac® , developed by Locus Agriculture, is an innovative biosurfactant soil amendment that successfully breaks up soil compaction through fermentation-derived technology.

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Three Takeaways from the USDA Census of Agriculture

Modern Farmer

Across the country, the US has lost both farms and farmland, according to the latest data from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , released this week. The US is now home to about 880 million acres of farmland, down from 900 million at the time of the last census in 2017. million farms. It doesn’t have to be.”

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Are environmentalists barking up the wrong tree when it comes to land use?

Sustainable Food Trust

Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides. Im looking forward to a world where we can accurately measure and improve the climate, nature and social impacts of truly regenerative farming using the very best and most up-to-date technology. Let me give an example.

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