Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Peppered throughout some 500 acres of charred pastureland, he found sizable patches of grass left unscathed by the blaze. The fire burned right around them,” says the 73-year old rancher and owner of Diamond B Ranch, noting the intact areas—some as big as a quarter acre. That’s the fight I’m in,” Balthazar adds.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. I think some of the blood memory in this ancestral seed is digging the drought.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While mustard seed is native to Europe, World War II disrupted production there, and since then, Canada has become one of the world’s largest producers of yellow, oriental and brown mustard seeds. Last year, farmers in Canada planted close to 555,000 acres of mustard seed, producing 161,781 tons, primarily in Saskatchewan.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 21, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM CIVIL EATS Written by: Daniel Walton April 21, 2023 The Utopian Seed Project is growing dozens of types of okra in one North Carolina field, creating genetic collisions that build new, resilient varieties. And when those seeds came up in garden plots across the U.S., Credit: Chris Smith.

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Agwired

JANUARY 3, 2024

The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) brought its well-known and widely attended Field Crop Seed Convention to Orlando for the first time in December. EarthOptics , a next-generation soil mapping and measurement company, announced it has mapped and physically measured one million acres of farmland and ranchland.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Still in its research phase, the 86-acre project is operated by Ocean Rainforest, a company that aims to fight climate change by growing seaweed at scale: 1 million tons a year by 2030. seaweed farm of 1 to 4 acres—and a new frontier for ocean farming. seaweed farm of 1 to 4 acres—and a new frontier for ocean farming.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. acre lot has ample space for the growing business.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

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. director of the Agriculture Science program. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

The solar farm Alliant Energy completed construction on the 10-acre Alliant Energy Solar Farm on the ISU research farms near Ames, Iowa in the fall of 2023. Managed by the ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the research farms are used to study livestock production and the agriculture industry. That alone is a pragmatic goal.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

An application of GE bacteria could release 3 trillion genetically modified organisms every half an acre that’s about how many GE corn plants there are in the entire U.S. The latest science highlights a range of genetic mishaps that can happen when we engineer living organisms, like gene insertions and deletions that we never intended.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 27, 2024

Farmers learned to live with the health impacts of the toxic version, and today it remains the primary pasture grass across 37 million acres of farmland. Friendly fescue hit the market in 2000, developed by Pennington Seed, Inc. There aren’t good numbers on adoption rates because seed companies are guarded about how much they sell.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Georgia Wildlife Federation Ginkgo Bioworks Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council , Inc.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The institute boasts an impressive research infrastructure, including a spacious 4,800-square-foot laboratory within the Pace Seed Technology Laboratory, as well as a five-acre proving ground named "Autonomous Acres" located at MSU's R.R. Foil Plant Science Research Center.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 21, 2023

bushels per acre in this year’s annual National Corn Growers Association yield contest with Pioneer brand corn product P14830VYHR. Hula crushed his previous world record of 616 bushels per acre set in 2019 with the Pioneer brand P1197 family of products. David Hula of Charles City, Virginia, set a new world record of 623.84

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This shift not only supports health-conscious consumers seeking alternatives to industrial seed oils but also offers significant benefits for the rendering industry. The Unexpected Acre, a docu-series featuring Bushel co-founder Ryan Raguse, has just released its latest episode, focused on harvest.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 27, 2024

You can find information about disease, deer and pest-resistant varieties of plants on the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences website. Be sure you check your seed packet or this chart from Mary’s Heirloom Seeds for accurate information about how much space to give your plants. And trust the information.

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Seaweed farms on both coasts are beginning to take hold, tapping into decades of painstaking science—and could help shellfish thrive in waters affected by climate change and pollution. Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dan Johnson is a professor of environmental science at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Wells could try to seed his crops early , so they can be harvested before the nymphs mature into eating machines. Farmers need warm weather to seed, and the warmer it gets, the faster the nymphs grow. A male clearwing grasshopper.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Embry now lives alongside his cousin in Richmond, Kentucky, on the 30-acre Ballew Farm, named after his great uncle Atrus, who died at age 100. I’m a beekeeper and I love all those momma bees that go out and gather pollen and nectar on our 15-acre pollinator conservation project as part of our 30-acre family farm.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 Since featuring at the summit in March 2024, Switch Bioworks has gone from success to success, recently raising $17M in series seed financing to bring new biological fertilizer technology to the field. Science first. What are your company’s recent key milestones? and internationally. and internationally.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

We were in the parking lot of Island Center Forest, a 440-acre wooded park home to miles of hiking trails and one large pond where birdwatchers flock. Processing berry pulp, from beak to butt, takes about 15 minutes, though, contrary to popular belief, most holly seeds do not depart through droppings. He chose St.

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Agwired

JULY 26, 2023

Trace Genomics , an industry-leading provider of science-validated soil biology insights, has expanded its relationship with CHS Inc. , based Stine Seed Company announced its expansion into Canada. one of the nation’s leading agribusinesses.

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Agwired

AUGUST 9, 2023

Brandon Neuschafer, co-leader for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP International Food and Agriculture Team, was elected as President-Elect for 2023–2024 for the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). million acres, which is only about 6% of U.S. Today, cover crops are used on 15.4

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small made her inaugural visit to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to see firsthand the ways the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) is using the federal agency’s funding to advance programs, research and scholarships.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 22, 2023

“We’re finding out that pesticides are posing a major risk to endangered species, and they have been ever since they were approved,” says Nathan Donley, the Environmental Health Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity. Treated corn seeds. The problem is that the safeguards now being put in place.

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Agwired

JULY 28, 2023

For more than 40 years, American Farmland Trust (AFT) has been helping preserve millions of farmland acres in the United States. Curious Plot announced that it has selected AFT as its 2023 Seed to Succeed recipient and will provide up to $75,000 of pro bono strategic marketing communication support to AFT to help advance its goal and mission.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When her arugula tray successfully germinated, a seed was literally planted. Currently, Purdue grows around 55 varieties, including amaranth, red acre cabbage, red veined sorrel, pea shoots and cilantro flowers. She loved the quick results and cute miniature results. “I I can do this,” she thought.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And when I was in high school, around 2009, I started a community garden on our farm called “Project: Plant a Seed.” Since we had land—and we also had a good relationship with the local Farmer’s Cooperative, which generously donated seeds, plants, and fertilizer—a garden felt like a good way to support the community. To care for it.

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Agwired

JUNE 27, 2024

The piece offers promising options for America’s half a million soy growers and was recently reviewed and published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Sciences. Bayer aims to launch ten blockbuster products in the next ten years to support farmers worldwide, the company announced at its 2024 Crop Science innovation update in Chicago.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rigorous science is still our main priority to ensure we’re developing the best possible products for growers in terms of sustainability and economics.” Over 2023, we’ve been showing our data on our spectral probe to customers and we presented the data at the Soil Science Society of America’s annual meeting in St.

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Agwired

AUGUST 25, 2023

Over 1,200 exhibitors will display and demonstrate products and welcome thousands of visitors to the 100-acre show site. The aim is to unite perspectives in the social sciences to explore ways in which existing social programs and policies can better support the farm sector’s economic and social needs. The conference, U.S.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland. Before planting, he’ll also coat his seeds in a mycorrhizal treatment, a powder of spores. He attended the program without a background in science, but it didn’t take him long to feel comfortable behind a microscope.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Many of the animals we work with are suitable for niche agricultural purposes, but you also never know when we might need that genetic material for science.” full_link READ MORE Learn about why one seed detective travels the world tracking down endangered seeds. “You never know what’s going to happen,” says Durham.

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Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

million acres of shade-grown coffee, much of it bordering protected natural areas. We’re definitely believers in using science to create quality hybrids and breeds we can work with,” she says. The agriculture department backs up this recommendation with technical assistance. Mexico has nearly 1.5

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The ‘Soft Path’ of Water for Farmers in the Western US Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment At Peachwood Farms, a flat, 1,897-acre expanse at the heart of the valley’s groundwater conservation trial, Ivers stood amid fallowed fields bordered by circles of barley and areas being revegetated with native seeds.

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