UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Root crops and tuber beds are generally clean and free of residue after harvest, which make them an easy location to direct seed with any seeder, or broadcast seed, followed by applying a straw mulch. If you live in a high-rainfall climate, I recommend applying straw mulch after seeding to reduce crusting and soil loss.

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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 90

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Rodale Institute , a nonprofit research institution for organic farming, cites that every acre of land farmed with plastic mulch creates upwards of 120 pounds of waste that typically end up in landfill, or otherwise break down into the soil or nearby watersheds. Depending on [those] factors,” she adds,” everything is scalable.”

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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 129

Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2024

They showed up like two weeks later with a tractor and a big truck to load it in,” he said. 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. It wasn’t a tough sell.

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Compost Farming Farming Logistics 117

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s how, a year later, he ended up at the largest cattle ranch in Montana, where the only thing more vast than its approximately 380,000 acres is the wealth and power of the man who owns it: one Rupert Murdoch. Or, “consumer trends,” which drive the whole tractor in big box grocery, may change. It’s not gonna be the last.”

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Ranching Cattle Production Food 115