Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

He was paid to plant it by the Olmsted County Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program , a local effort that seeks to reduce overall fertilizer use by building soil—therefore cutting down on the nutrients that enter waterways—while helping farmers save money.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

Wisconsin Farmers Union

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Analysis of yield has shown that each trial has had the most and almost the least yield of all other trials and in at least one year since 2015. We see much more consistency between plots in the same year than we see between plots of the same trial in yield. In 2021 the corn was sold for $6.80/bu

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

To ensure a successful wheat production and maximize yields, it is crucial to implement best practices in wheat management throughout the growing season. This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. Adding the right amount of fertilizer is an essential practice for nutrient management based on your farm's goals and soil conditions. One way we see farms overspending is through the overuse of fertilizers.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres. Through a pilot program, MWD pays the farmers leasing the land and the tribe up to $473 per acre.

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Farming Farming Crop Acre 142

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

One common way to put a value on soil is to determine how much fertilizer it would take to replace the lost nutrients. I created a spreadsheet to take the numbers directly from this test and calculate a value per ton of soil based on average fertilizer prices over the past several years. How do we put a price on life?

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Cropaia

MAY 20, 2023

Planting density is a crucial factor in agriculture that significantly influences crop yield and quality. It refers to the number of plants per unit area of land, typically measured in plants per acre or hectare. This competition can result in reduced growth, lower yields, and increased susceptibility to pests and diseases.

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Agwired

MARCH 15, 2024

The largest wildfire in state history destroyed more than 1 million acres of land and property, leaving surviving livestock without adequate forage. Organic material repurposed by Denali as fertilizer delivers beneficial nutrients to farmland and improves farmer outcomes.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 27, 2024

Sam Rudman, one of the first-year farmers of Friends Farm in Lafayette, Colorado, says covering a field with fertilizer shortly before 60-miles-per-hour winds started up was definitely one of his many “rookie mistakes” as a new farmer. Their efforts have yielded varying degrees of success.

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Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This guide outlines the essential agronomic considerations for optimizing yield and quality in potato crops. High-salinity soils can negatively affect tuber quality and yield, making salt-sensitive varieties particularly vulnerable. Soil type and texture have a significant impact on potato harvest quality and yield.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rows of India-Jammu wheat planted at Rio Del Rey Farm yielded 60 pounds, or enough for 7 pounds of flour. Most modern wheat is a high-yielding semi-dwarf variety that does not produce roots as deep as many heritage types. In good rain years, it can yield a harvest; in dryer years, it can be used for forage.”

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Agricultural Economics Insights

MARCH 10, 2024

per bushel at 184 bushels per acre). At first glance, budgeted 2024 corn revenue is $200 per acre lower, and soybean revenue is $100 per acre lower. As a reminder, the contribution margin is the difference between revenue and variable production costs (seed, fertilizer, crop protection, etc.). per bushel, a record high.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 17, 2024

After reaching 2 million acres in the U.S. This year, Sound is accelerating market share growth for its products while driving meaningful change through an innovative grower incentive program, Efficient Acre. When used alongside SOURCE, it enables crops to access even more nutrients, helping growers achieve maximum yield potential.

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Agriculture Agriculture Acre Production 52

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. Soil Health : Advanced soil sensors can measure critical factors like moisture levels, pH balance, and nutrient content, enabling farmers to fine-tune fertilizer use.

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Farming Farming Technology Yield 75

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres). Consider this scenario.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

carbon emissions) by another large number (yield per acre), you get a small number of carbon emissions associated with each serving of lettuce, for example. They’re not exactly “yield-maximizing” practices on display. It has prioritized cost and yield over all else. However, when you divide a large number (i.e.,

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Agroecology Yield Food Farming 84

Agwired

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New research published in Scientific Reports describes a breakthrough in nitrogen fertilizer technology seen as the first new mode of nitrogen action in crops to be discovered in a century. In field trials, researchers used isotopic experiments to confirm nitrogen fixation in real-world conditions and measure plant nitrogen levels.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

However, the topsoil is powerless to counteract the acidifying effect of ammonia-based fertilizers. While these Midwest conditions may sound ideal for farming, years of tilling and heavy fertilizer use have taken their toll. Jason Brown is testing basalt powder on his 1,000-acre farmstead in Louisburg, North Carolina.

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Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 138

UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

Overapplying readily available N can also interfere with the uptake of other nutrients and lead to yield drag and profit loss, just as underapplying can. High-salt fertilizers add insult to injury by inhibiting soil biology and creating osmotic stress in plants. The plant needs to maintain electrochemical balance, and it needs water.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

DPH Bio has been committed to science that yields results from day one. Historically, return-on-investment has been measured by the cost to increase yield. A review of 107 corn trials conducted over three years using TerraTrove SP-1 Classic revealed increased fertilizer efficiency in addition to average yield increase of 2.5

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Yield Science Acre Farming 49

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Created on Madagascar and practiced in about 60 countries today, SRI has been shown to increase grain yields, sometimes twofold. The team in Alexandria is testing 20 more varieties at their 17-acre farm, located on a former cotton plantation that serves as the central research hub for crop and equipment trials.

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Plantation Acre Farming Farming 126

UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the past few decades of production ag, we have been laser focused on high yields. During the segment, they interviewed an analyst regarding the national corn yield average and how we were below trendline yields. If we look at the last decade of actual national corn yields, we have seen no notable increase in average yield.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

For example, if you want to know how much CO2 equivalent will be sequestered for cover cropping one acre in Travis County, Texas, entering 1 acre in the model will yield zero. This means that one acre of cover crop on irrigated farmland with a 25% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer will sequester 0.27

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The average yield in their database is 60 bushels (beans) and 204 bushels (corn). Based on these numbers, corn is estimated to return about $155 per acre and beans will return about $70 per acre. This is after factoring a management return to the farmer for their time and labor of about $73 per acre. We shall see.

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Crop Acre Fertilizer Yield 52

ATTRA

MAY 21, 2024

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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UnderstandingAg

MAY 8, 2024

If done right, it should always be building fertility, not extracting it. Nutrient removal is a function of not only nutrient concentration but also forage yield. Using data shown in Table 1, each ton of forage harvested at the boot stage removes 76, 6, and 76 lb/acre of N, P, and K, respectively. Boot stage 3.8 Full head 2.2

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Manure Crop Forage Processing 116

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 28, 2024

The first question to ask is how much nitrogen can your soil supply to the crop without adding any N fertilizer? A producer recently shared some yield data from a replicated, on-farm trial they conducted (Table 1). To make a fair comparison, we need to account for the cost of N and the yield differences. Using a $4.50/bu

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ATTRA

AUGUST 8, 2023

A year after its launch, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing program announced that 83% of participating farmers who completed program requirements met environmental standards for fertilizer efficiency and soil health practices, while also meeting or exceeding national crop yield benchmarks. interest rate rebate.

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Agwired

JULY 24, 2023

Locus Agriculture (Locus AG) has expanded its award-winning Rhizolizer® product line to feature crop-specific formulas that ensure broader availability for farmers looking to boost return on investment by up to $4,000 per acre. Learn more from Locus Ag.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Third, Hardin and other farmers are seeking new ways to increase their yields by improving soil health. The result is a soil conditioner to help farmers build healthy soil and reduce the application of expensive fertilizers that can harm the Arkansas River watershed.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Theyre as fertile as can be. The history of how this happenedhow one of the countrys most fertile farming regions became a knot of poverty, hunger, and racial injusticeis complicated and painful. If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5

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Acre Farming Farming Crop 89

World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Rootella Carbon harnesses the power of Rootella – highly effective mycorrhizal inoculants that are proven to sequester significant amounts of carbon in cropland (1-4 tCO 2 eq/acre annually). million acres in 17 countries. Rootella Carbon delivers on that vision by paving the way to a gigaton of CO 2 sequestration in the next decade.”

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Acre Arable Land Crop Yield Production 52

Agwired

JANUARY 31, 2024

Agriculture technology innovator Terra Vera announced the launch of Brawndo TS, a portable system that utilizes the company’s proprietary biomimicry solutions for protecting crops and delivering nutrients – without harmful chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Don Beyer (D-Va.),

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Catastrophe loomed everywhere I looked: in the dust bowls on the once-fertile plains of central Turkey, in the vanishing lakes of Mexico City, in the fetid cesspools outside the factory farms of North Carolina, in the disease-ravaged olive trees of Puglia, in the rapid wiping away of diverse food webs in every biome.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. It won’t be easy.

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