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Farmer Focus: Plenty of forage, but costs are still biting

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The maize is in the clamps. The yield monitor counted 730t freshweight off 12.14ha (30 acres), which is about 60t/ha. The best bits yielded more than 100t/ha at 34-36% dry matter. After 19 weeks in the ground, it is a massive yield for only 100kg/ha of purchased fertiliser.

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Monmouthshire farm offers residential and land rental income

Farmers Weekly

Duffryn Farm, Llanvapley, Abergavenny has 173 acres, most of which is free working, gently rolling Grade 2 arable ground suitable for maize and cereals. Farmers Weekly Good arable ground combined with income from residential rents and further potential is a solid combination about to be launched in Monmouthshire.

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Farmers count the cost of Storm Babet

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Farmers across much of the country have been counting the cost of Storm Babet, with images of damaged infrastructure and unharvested maize and vegetable crops submerged in flood water suggesting it will be significant.

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Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Civil Eats

million acres of reservation the Hopi occupy in Northwestern Arizona, a fraction of their original territory. But his vision far surpasses his nine acres. We know 24 varieties of indigenous corn, he says, showing off kernels in indigo blue, purple red, snow white, and yellow. However, the Hopi tribe doesnt own the land.

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Growing Corn in the Desert, No Irrigation Required

Modern Farmer

million acres of reservation the Hopi occupy in Northwestern Arizona, a fraction of their original territory. Courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson But his vision far surpasses his nine acres. We know 24 varieties of indigenous corn, he says, showing off kernels in indigo blue, purple red, snow white, and yellow.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

hectares (less than 2 acres), and just over 40% of the population of around 3 million, work in agriculture – Albania’s primary economic sector. Changing practices In the last 30 years, Albania has moved from growing exclusively local varieties of arable crops, specifically cereals and maize, to importing 80% of its seed.

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. a) teosinte and maize (Zea mays); b) chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum); c) common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); d) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

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