Food Tank

MAY 3, 2024

“Niman Ranch is a perfect fit for our kids, because they’re not kids that grew up on a family farm…They don’t have US$3 million to go buy a couple of hundred acres,” says Beermann. “To To me, Niman Ranch is a way they can afford five acres of property and they could actually raise livestock, they could have a small business.”

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. Photos courtesy of Wendy Johnson) To date, Johnson has planted 6,000 trees on 20 acres of their fields, with plans to double the number of trees. Johnson felt called back to the land in 2010 after living in California for 18 years.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres). The final result: carbon dioxide equivalent The result for each farming practice and the overall field or farm, is a calculation called the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e kg/acre).

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s been a decent year at the 200,000-acre spread, with enough forage for the 2,000 mother cows and their calves. Other pastures on the 200,000-acre ranch—an area larger than New York City’s five boroughs—are traversed by the Susie and Maggie creeks that, thankfully, provide a year-round source of water. This wasn’t always the case.

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Agribusiness Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Many farmers are able to spread manure on their cropland over many years. However, comparable land in the area that has had no manure ever applied to it and has no excess fertility can be purchased for $6,500. In order to properly document this deduction, you should get an agronomist to workup the value of the excess fertility.

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Agribusiness Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Many farmers, especially those in the Midwest that apply animal manure, are able to deduct excess fertility when they purchase land that they are currently not farming. This deduction could easily approach $1,000 per acre. Here is an example: Jim buys land in Minnesota for $12,000 per acre in 2022.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As Adrian Lipscombe, a chef and the Founder of the 40 Acres Project, put it: “If we don’t have soil health, we’re not going to have food.” The organization behind the film, Kiss the Ground, has launched a campaign to help 100,000 more farmers transition 100 million more acres of U.S. We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the European farmers who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know how to raise a ruckus. Matters are much the same in the US. In 1987, that figure was 15 percent.

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Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

The ice cream shop is an extension of the Nicholson family’s sixth-generation, 120-acre farm in nearby Ferndale. More Eyes Per Acre As one of California’s oldest cheesemakers, Rumiano Cheese has a storied presence in the North Coast’s dairy shed.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In late 2021, the Maine DEP identified 60 sites where 10,000 cubic yards of biosolids were applied as fertilizer with homes within half an acre of the application, a practice the agency called “Tier 1” because it presented the highest risk to human health. The spreading of sludge as fertilizer remains legal in all U.S.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

As a result of the ROC standards, livestock now graze the cover crops in the almond orchards, fertilizing the soil with their manure and providing space for beneficial insects. million acres of organic certified land in the US. There are currently 8.3 Newton highlights that exclusivity isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

After a winter of record snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a sudden warm spell melted the lower reaches, unleashing nearly 40,000 acre-feet of water —a volume equal to more than a tenth of Las Vegas’ annual supply—in 48 hours. His 580-acre farm grows enough forage to supply the herd, so “I’m good with where I’m at,” he adds.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The experience led him to start learning about regenerative agriculture and the benefits raising chickens could have for the soil fertility and sustainability of his nine acres. On the farm, they minimize and reuse waste streams by recycling animals and manure that act as food for black soldier fly grubs.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Biochar is created by heating biomass, such as forest waste or animal manure, in a low-oxygen environment—a process known as pyrolysis. “That’s when I started actually using biochar on my crops, doing workshops, and teaching farmers how to make it.”

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

These factory farms not only force animals to live in overcrowded, dirty conditions, they also produce copious amounts of manure, which can cause water pollution and other health hazards. In a country dominated by large-scale farming operations comprising thousands of acres of monocrops, Sonoma County is an outlier. The average U.S.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst his pear, apple, plum, peach, and cherry trees, but he buys a commercial compost product to keep his 100-acre, fourth-generation family farm thriving. Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture.

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Caff

APRIL 22, 2021

“The ARA adopts many strategies pioneered in California” said CAFF Policy Director, Dave Runsten, “such as the Healthy Soils Program, the diversion of organic matter from landfills, and the Alternative Manure Management Program. .

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

acres of land divided into two fenced in areas, or paddocks. acres of land. And we could take 1,000 acres, 10,000 acres, or 1 million acres, and we’d know exactly what to do. acres, mature hazelnut trees will produce around 800 to 1,200 pounds of nuts. Most farmers raise more than one flock.

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ATTRA

APRIL 30, 2024

So, when I heard of the mid-scale anaerobic digester being installed at Dickenson College Organic Farm as a demonstration of how small dairy farms can utilize manure and other waste streams to produce on farm energy, I was eager for the opportunity to visit the farm and help spread the word to other farms.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 29, 2022

This was for 120 acres. We came in and spent $15,000 building a pond and putting in water line to service 400 acres (more than triple the NRCS project) and have run as many as 720 head of cattle over there at one time for a decade without failure. I like all portable water systems; NRCS hates them.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For Eaton’s two acres of vegetable crops, he pays about $1,400 per year. Take mass balance fraud: A producer gets an organic certificate for 100 acres of grain and begins selling grain for those 100 acres. But inspectors look at the books and realize the yield sold is much closer to 200 acres. It’s also not cheap.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” This helped them buy their first cache of shared equipment: a tiller, a harrow, a manure spreader, a trailer to move equipment between farms, and a log splitter for heating greenhouses with wood. I was literally not able to find a flour mill at my scale, and we’re not tiny,” he said.

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RR2CS

JANUARY 13, 2022

By Trina Moyles Jenny Berkenbosch and James Vriend manage Sundog Organic Farm , a 14-acre certified organic vegetable and herb operation, located north of Edmonton in Sturgeon County. It was a really casual, fun, 2-acre project,” recalls Jenny. ‘We James’s parents were retired from their business, so their land was available to farm.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It even includes the specific type of manure Joly selects to fertilize his vineyards. And because they are indigenous to the region, their manure, arguably, will deliver more authentic terroir. . … When you feel the music come to you when you taste the wine, you know that the work you did in the vineyard is coming through.”

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

Grown in a combination of manure and straw, they produce a distinct kind of spent substrate that is also used as compost, though it is a very different material from specialty mushroom substrate, with fewer applications. In the U.S.,

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The data showed that the manure and residue left after bale grazing were worth $610 of nutrients per acre. Research Presentation Cavadini then presented data collected from a statewide on-farm bale grazing project. As part of the project, forage quality samples were collected from hay, and nutrient values were calculated.

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Agwired

AUGUST 5, 2024

By using cover crops, no-till, and manure instead of synthetics. We talk about our farming on social media a lot.” ” McDonald takes the view of an economist when it comes to technology. “So the definition of the economy would be the allocation of limited resources. How do we do it?

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The Lunatic Farmer

JULY 7, 2021

Allan Savory through Holistic Management began taking pictures of remarkable recoveries when animals at high density for a short period of time (one day) heavily impacted a spot with hooves and manure. A few years ago we turned a 15-acre field into slurry with 500 head during a spring snow melt. The following year it was solid weeds.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 30, 2022

Some have joined groups to learn about innovative farming practices such as cover crops, minimum tillage or low-disturbance manure application. It’s not just manure causing (groundwater contamination) problems, it’s also fertilizer. “So So many farmers don’t have control of the narrative. We’re not the culprits. Work with us.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

On a crisp weekend this past fall, 30 state legislators from across the nation descended on TomKat Ranch , an 1,800-acre ranch focused on regenerative agriculture in Pescadero, California, an hour south of San Francisco.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Britts now farm 5,000 acres, raising cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay in Randolph, Chariton and Macon counties. Using manure as a natural fertilizer helps them maximize the efficiency of having cattle and crops. Ryan returned home from the University of Missouri in 2000 with more than a degree.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Salts from added compost, manure, or fertilizers can build up in the rain-free environment of a tunnel and accumulate near the soil surface, affecting crop growth. If compost is used as a soil amendment, using vegetation-based compost instead of composted animal manure can reduce the possibility of salt build-up in the soil.

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Sustainable Harvest International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Composting Organic materials including agricultural residue such as corn stalks and rice hulls, weeds, manure, ash from cookstoves and kitchen waste, such as peels and eggshells, join to create rich, life-giving compost. million acres) are subject to drought and soil degradation. How do family farmers restore soil health?

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

I was born and raised in rural southwest Wisconsin, where I attended a high school located in the middle of a 30,000 acre seedcorn field. Can you start by telling me who you are – where are you from, what do you do? And are those things related?

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

PepsiCo wants to spread regenerative agricultural practices across seven million acres, while General Mills recently reported that 115,000 acres are currently enrolled in its regenerative programme (the target is 1 million acres by 2030). Interest in this space is certainly “heating up,” says Andy Zynga , CEO at EIT Food.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The pilot program will pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for voluntary adoption of climate-smart practices that deliver more than that amount in public environmental benefits. According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment).

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