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Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

Civil Eats

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 Lee Tesdell is the fifth generation to own his family’s 80-acre farm in Polk County, Iowa. And farmers know they’re going to lose some fertilizer. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S.

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Organic Strawberry-Growing Cost Study Available

ATTRA

The cost study models a management scenario for a 30-acre farm, 27 acres of which are planted to organic strawberries. The study describes the cultural practices used in organic strawberry production and harvest, including land preparation, soil fertility and pest management, irrigation and labor needs.

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Cost Estimate for Strawberry Growing Available

ATTRA

The cost study models a management scenario for a 50-acre farm, 45 acres of which are planted to strawberries. The study describes the cultural practices used in strawberry production and harvest, including land preparation, soil fertility, and pest management, irrigation, and labor needs.

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Cost of Production Study for Raspberries Available

ATTRA

The cost study models a management scenario for a 45-acre farm, 42 acres of which are planted to raspberries. Each study describes the cultural practices used for establishing, producing, and harvesting raspberries, including land preparation, soil fertility, pest management, irrigation, and labor needs.

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A Satellite Image Exposes the ‘Bare Facts’ About Conventional Ag

UnderstandingAg

There's 270 acres inside that red boundary (so consider that when determining perspective and the percentage of area-wide coverage comparatively. The green area bounded by the red line is less than half a section, and the full image comprises about 81 sections for a total of 52,000 acres.

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Ride Along with Farm Credit Mid-America’s Patronage Program at Red Hen Turf Farm

The Farmers Daughter USA

It’s a 2,500 acre operation growing sod, tomatoes, seed corn, corn, and soybeans. It’s actually not all that different from any other crop, except it takes about 18 months for it to mature for harvest. But soil quality, pest control, crop rotation, and fertilizers are all used to produce quality sod. Sod is the farm’s star.

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Pivot Bio N-OVATOR™ Paying Off for Farmers

Agwired

This year, downstream companies participating in N-OVATOR ’s insetting partnerships made payments to reward Pivot Bio growers for their practice change following the 2023 harvest. In total, the growers in this insetting partnership replaced over 10 million pounds of synthetic fertilizer.