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The Illusion of Precision in Agriculture: Are We Managing Fields or Chasing Noise?

Cropaia

Soil texture, organic matter, and yield potential can vary within a field. A slight difference in soil nutrient level between two spots doesnt always translate to a yield difference, because of factors like root systems and nutrient mobility. A single years yield map, for instance, might show a patch of low yield in one corner.

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Precision Ag News 11/7

Agwired

million irrigated acres, which included 81 million acre-feet of water applied in the United States, according to the 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey results, published today by the U.S. million irrigated acres, which included 83.4 million acre-feet of water. million irrigated acres, which included 83.4

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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights.

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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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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

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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As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes

Civil Eats

According to the researchers, between 2011 and 2017 the number of visible salt patches almost doubled and about 20,000 acres of farmland turned into marsh. One might yield more hay, while another might be better as habitat, he says, and that information will be crucial going forward.

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Can a Farm Generate Solar Power and Blueberries at Once?

Daily Yonder

Solar developers and agriculture researchers from the University of Maine have been studying the issue for two years at this 12-acre, four-megawatt project in Rockport. Shade from the solar panels is significantly reducing blueberry yield. They’re not even going to make money on the field because (the plants) are shaded.”

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