Agric4profits

JANUARY 11, 2025

Organic Turnip Farming focuses on cultivating turnips using sustainable methods, free from synthetic chemicals and pesticides. Farmers rely on natural inputs to maintain soil health and plant vigor, promoting a more eco-friendly approach to agriculture.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together. Our research project, “Reuniting the Three Sisters,” explores what it means to be a responsible caretaker of the land from the perspective of peoples who have been balancing agricultural production with sustainability for hundreds of years.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Florida is known for being the Sunshine State, attracting millions of visitors each year to its theme parks, beaches, fishing excursions, and other attractions. In Florida, we call the winter growing season the “second season” of agriculture.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Sugarcane farming has been integral to agriculture for centuries, playing a crucial role in the global economy. This tropical crop, known for its high sugar content, thrives in warm climates and is widely cultivated in countries like India, Brazil, and China.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to precision farming, implement drift is one factor that can play havoc with field operations, such as planting and strip tillage, and the precise placement of seed and fertilizer and other inputs. Read More

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The world is increasingly recognizing the value of sustainable food systems, and organic agriculture plays a vital role in this movement. This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For the FY25 budget, NIFA is suggested a $3.5

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

Kotutwa Johnson might build some protection for his crops with desert brush or cans to shield them from the wind, but his plants thrive without any fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, mulch, or irrigation. The culture is tied into our agricultural system, and thats what makes it so resilient.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Integrating livestock with crops can create a closed-loop system where manure provides fertilizer and reduces reliance on external inputs. And increasing funding for research on climate-resilient and high-value diverse crops includes developing improved varieties and dissemination of knowledge about their cultivation and utilization.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mexico border, California’s Imperial Valley is both a desert and an agricultural wonder. Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Just north of the U.S.-Mexico Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Oil palm farming is one of the most lucrative and essential agricultural practices worldwide. Oil palms are primarily cultivated for their oil-rich fruit, which produces palm oil—a key ingredient in food, cosmetics, and biofuels.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

At Farm Credit of Southern Colorado, we take great pride in supporting the families who shape agriculture in our region. The Mattive family of Worley Family Farms has spent generations cultivating success in the San Luis Valley, and their story is one of resilience, dedication, and innovation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo credit: NRCS EDITOR’S NOTE: On October 9, 2024, NSAC released Stewarding Success: CSP Under the 2018 Farm Bill , a comprehensive analysis of the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) over the course of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). IRA Expanded CSP’s Footprint The IRA provided an additional $19.5

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Yesterday was Food, Water and Agriculture day here in Baku, and discussions across the entire conference showcased the power of food systems and the range of challenges we can address when we take food systems seriously. “My Second, let’s place more emphasis on youth in agriculture.” As a small economy, my nation faces the brunt.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Written by: Djavid Amidi-Abraham September 13, 2023 Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is a rapidly growing segment of the farming industry. Cultivation Technology Cultivation technology lies at the center of many strategies and modern CEAs. Is it providing a significant competitive advantage to their operation?

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. Fertile rainforests were razed for sugarcane fields, then abandoned after the industrys collapse in the 1990s.

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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. Attendees at the TomKat Ranch tour organized by the State Innovation Exchange (SiX).

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Agric4profits

JULY 31, 2024

Organic agriculture practices focus on cultivating crops and raising livestock using natural processes. This method avoids synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides,

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Civil Eats

APRIL 9, 2025

In the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation story, the goddess Hoohkkalani gives birth to a stillborn son, who is buried in the fertile soil. Cultivation took years of effort and help from multiple hands. This story was co-published and supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2023

Farming with his family on the shores of Lake Erie, Petker turned to strip till — the process of minimizing tillage by cultivating eight-inch wide strips. Farming with his family on the shores of Lake Erie, Petker turned to strip till — the process of minimizing tillage by cultivating eight-inch wide strips. Read More

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 29, 2025

Cashew production has emerged as a vital agricultural activity in tropical regions, driven by the global demand for its highly valued nuts and apples. To achieve healthy trees and abundant, high-quality yields, farmers must employ precise cultivation techniques tailored to the unique needs of cashew trees.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 24, 2024

agriculture, food systems, and rural communities.” That is the opening line of the recently released Fifth National Climate Assessment’s section on agriculture. tons of American agricultural soil per acre, costing farmers and ranchers US$44 billion annually and taxpayers nearly US$100 billion. As farmers, we are concerned.

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ATTRA

APRIL 7, 2025

By Gabriella Soto-Velez , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist There are many different terms for the practices that incorporate trees into agricultural production: agroforestry, intercropping, permaculture, food forests, and now theres a new kid on the block: syntropic agriculture. Photo credit: Roger Geitzen.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. Working with these people every day, it’s very clear that self-sufficiency is in their blood,” says Matt Simon, New Leaf’s agricultural director.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

In some areas, fields were buried under as much as three feet of sediment, debris, and gravel, rendering them unfit for immediate cultivation. This loss of fertile topsoil will pose long-term challenges for crop production and soil health. Farmers faced dire situations. Click here for a comprehensive list.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

Kotutwa Johnson might build some protection for his crops with desert brush or cans to shield them from the wind, but his plants thrive without any fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, mulch or irrigation. The culture is tied into our agricultural system, and thats what makes it so resilient. However, the Hopi tribe doesnt own the land.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

The rule as finalized will suppress access to agricultural innovations greatly needed to reduce inputs, adapt to a changing climate and, respond to increased pest and disease challenges while maintaining a safe, reliable, and affordable food system for a growing global population. Apple Association U.S.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In early 2023, I had the opportunity to serve as the reviewer of Chapter 11 (Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities) of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA 5 ). As extreme weather events increase in frequency, the agricultural supply chain is more vulnerable to disruption.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

The introduction of powerful and scalable technologies is just one aspect of a broader paradigm shift in agricultural research, one that relies on equal collaboration between researchers, farmers and other organizations such as those who make up the seedball caravan. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 12, 2023

From breeding and cultivation to testing and delivery, the cannabis blockchain captures a digital snapshot of every major step of production, distribution and sale, locking them into an immutable digital ledger. Doc Ray has been breeding and cultivating medical cannabis strains for nearly 50 years.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 27, 2024

Sam Rudman, one of the first-year farmers of Friends Farm in Lafayette, Colorado, says covering a field with fertilizer shortly before 60-miles-per-hour winds started up was definitely one of his many “rookie mistakes” as a new farmer. Friends Farm is not technically located on agricultural land. Photography by Claire Duncombe.

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RR2CS

JUNE 6, 2024

This event is a unique opportunity for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural enthusiasts to discover how forage blends can improve both livestock feed quality and soil vitality. Enhance Soil Health: Learn how forage blends contribute to soil fertility and resilience. Why Attend? Register Today.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This concept of adding value to a raw product to significantly boost profit is called value-added agriculture, and it benefits livelihoods and family well-being. Without training in regenerative agriculture, farmers trying to provide for their families and communities eventually struggle to grow food.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

So, you've decided to embark on a farming adventure, and you're thinking about the nitty-gritty of agriculture. Agricultural diversity is like the spice rack in your kitchen – it's essential for making a tasty, well-rounded meal. In the world of agriculture, two primary systems stand out: polyculture and monoculture.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

The San Joaquin Valley is the largest agricultural producing area in the nation; it produced crops, livestock, and agricultural commodities worth $36.5 Since 1992, the air district has employed 670 rules to reduce air emissions in the valley, yet only a handful pertain to agriculture. “Ag billion in 2022.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Chris Elder is a Lakeland College graduate and the ALUS Program Coordinator in the County of Vermilion River, where he provides technical and financial support to local agricultural producers to develop, implement, and manage environmental stewardship projects on their land. Let’s cultivate a future of sustainable farming together!

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. While the affected sites are situated across the state, most are concentrated in agricultural areas.

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