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More Acres, More Bushels: A 10-Year Look At How Corn and Soybean Production Has Exploded in Brazil

AgWeb Farm Journal

Most of Brazil’s jump in production is due to a 40% increase in planted acres for soybeans and 33% for corn. Demand for food will incentivize Brazil to plant even more acres, but there are logistical challenges at play.

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, failed shipping logistics forced farmers to dump millions of gallons of milk. The more dairies, the more farmer “eyes per acre,” Baird says, referencing Wendell Berry.

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Troops Leaving Service Find New Purpose on the Farm

Modern Farmer

acre farm in Escondido, near Camp Pendleton, in between tours. After ending his service in 2006, Archipley and his wife established Archi’s Acres , an organic hydroponic farm that supplies basil and other specialty crops to local restaurants and stores. Inside the Archi’s Acres greenhouse. It’s a huge talent pool.”

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A Vibrant Local Food System Grows in Colorado

Modern Farmer

Ortiz sees GoFarm’s role as a hub that takes care of the logistics of supporting small farms and feeding the community. GoFarm’s incubator farmer program gives beginning farmers access to a quarter acre of land for the two-year duration of the program.

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Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

Agritecture Blog

The 26-year-old started his journey with farming in high school and now grows okra, tomatoes, kale, and other Southern favorites on a quarter-acre in Nicholson, Georgia. million acres, a shift that drove up the price of the remaining farmland. The average cost to purchase an acre of farmland in Georgia is around $3,900.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

On the back 16 acres of Walla Walla Community College, 30 Red Angus cows stand munching on hairy vetch, ryegrass and other cover crops that were planted to help restore the soil. The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm.

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SOLAR FARM MANIA

The Lunatic Farmer

I'm going to put in tidbits of our conversation that I've not seen in newspaper articles because they help flesh out solar farm logistics. He was looking for 400-600 acres. He offered me a 30-year lease at about $1,000 per acre. He struck me quickly as a Sherlock Holmes type; quiet, observant, and thorough.

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