Real Agriculture

APRIL 19, 2024

The topic of soil compaction often arises when talking about the heaviest of farm machinery — four-wheel drive tractors, grain carts/buggies, and manure spreaders — but sprayers should also be at the forefront when it comes to trying to minimize compaction.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fertilizer applications.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

On this episode of RealAgriculture’s Profitable Practices, Carl Frook shares how Frook Farms and Mar Creek Renewables has come together to help him manage manure, his cattle, his crops, and boost the bottom line for the family. How does an on-farm biodigester and 2,200 beef cattle merge to make a farm more profitable and sustainable?

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They apply their manure directly on the land while rooting around in the cowpats for parasitic worm and fly eggs and larvae, roosting in a mesh-floored mobile shed at night. […] The post Why pastured poultry is good fit for grassland farm appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fertilizer applications.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 2, 2023

Green silks are slow to show up in some areas of Ontario — what gives? It’s early August and most of the corn should be tasseled by now, but July weather just didn’t push the crop as far ahead as is expected, explains host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 29, 2025

at the Newfoundland Federation of Agriculture Industry Symposium. at the Newfoundland Federation of Agriculture Industry Symposium. Thanks for tuning in to this Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio recorded LIVE! David Burton with Dalhousie University; and, Peter Wheat Pete Johnson with RealAgriculture.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Happy holidays, one and all, and gather ’round as it’s time for the last episode of Wheat Pete’s Word for 2023! For this episode, host Peter Johnson is coming to you from the city of London — the British one — where he’s spending time with family, but also touring some farms and research plots.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 28, 2024

Hello farmers and gardeners today we are here with a great information of the difference between manure and fertilizers. To increase agriculture, produce, the

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 10, 2025

Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgricultures in-house agronomist Peter Wheat Pete Johnson to discuss some important agronomic issues including sulphur needs for the winter wheat crop, nitrogen from applying manure, and tillage erosion. Lyndsey then covers some of the top news stories Read More

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

The waste grease, collected from a local pizzeria, a Mexican restaurant, and a pub, will be mixed with manure in the dairy farm’s anerobic co-digester and converted into renewable energy. Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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USDA Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 26, 2023

We will hear an interview with Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie Claude Bibeau on the decisions made on MRLs and cosmetic pesticide use. Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! Read More

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Western FarmPress

JULY 21, 2023

Injuries and deaths involving agricultural confined spaces rose nearly 41% last year.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal agriculture for decades, but in 2008 when one dairy operation tried moving onto the Yakima Indian Reservation, the community balked at the proposition. Agriculture has become one of the most consolidated industries in the country.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If Taylor, Graham, and the neighboring farmers can create a resilient, Black-led agricultural community as the planet burns , biodiversity plummets , and the larger food system continues to become increasingly industrialized and commodified, they will have charted a course for others to follow. “For Graham’s chickens will help here.

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ProAg

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Grain bins and manure-holding facilities require widely understood and implemented safety rules to prevent accidents. And manure pits can create toxic air that can also kill an individual in seconds. The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS) says the leading cause of grain entrapment is out-of-condition grain.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 29, 2024

This blog is the fourth in a four-part series that delves into the recent program evaluation of California’s Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Programs.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 13, 2023

Thanks for tuning in to RealAg on the Weekend! On this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange to give us a Beef Market Update. We will also hear from Ranulf Glanville of Grainfox to discuss the markets. We will also hear from RealAgriculture’s Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. Regenerative agriculture is not just a buzzword; it represents a fundamental shift in the way we view and practice farming.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Currently, CAFOs in Wisconsin must obtain a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit before disposing of manure and waste. Raff, an economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, authored a 2021 study on CAFOs and surface water quality.

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Nitrogen is a critical nutrient for plant growth and is often the most limiting nutrient in agricultural systems. Organic fertilizers such as manure, compost , and other organic amendments are valuable sources of nitrogen. Swine Manure : Typically has 20-35% of total nitrogen as ammonium nitrogen.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Bunning & Sons Ltd, a UK-based leader in manure spreader manufacturing, to integrate Bunning spreaders into the Vermeer lineup serving North American hay, forage and livestock producers. Vermeer has announced a partnership with G.T.

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly Building resilience into the business by growing his own cereals and having a rolling stock of 27,000t of silage is part of Neil Baker’s move to regenerative agriculture. In fact, one of his new key performance indicators at Rushywood Farm, Somerset, is to have six months’ worth of forage on hand. “We

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. The NCA5 covers a lot of ground, but this summary focuses on aspects most relevant to agriculture.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist The garden entrance is protected from groundhogs and deer by a mesh-covered wooden gate. Tomatoes planted into a tilled-in rye, vetch, and red clover green manure, May 21. I put in the tomatoes on May 21, 11 days after tilling in the green manure. This year was different.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

agriculture currently faces some steep challenges. Climate change and biodiversity loss represent existential threats to the agricultural status quo. agricultural landscape and the policies that are most closely aligned with incentivizing its creation. However, NSAC covers the land access issue elsewhere.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

Concentrated animal feeding operations CAFOs are defined by the EPA as intensive feeding operations where many animals are confined and fed for at least 45 days per year (though it can be much more) and inevitably their manure and waste come in contact with ground and surface water. Photography via Shutterstock. What’s the problem?

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Consolidation throughout the agricultural sector has made it difficult for small, independent farms like the Huttons to survive. farms now control two-thirds of total agricultural land, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. The number of farms in the U.S. Only 4 percent of U.S. Only 4 percent of U.S.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 16, 2024

We used on-farm data collected from the Michigan State University Lake City AgBioResearch Center for AMP [adaptive multi-paddock] grazing.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Implementing sound management practices not only benefits individual animals but also contributes to the long-term viability of the farm, fostering a resilient agricultural system that meets the demands of farm owners, farmhands, animals, consumers, and the environment. 9 ways to add effective livestock management to your farm.

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Caff

APRIL 22, 2021

Today, Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) in Congress, outlining a farmer-focused, research-driven path to net zero agriculture. All of these changes will help California’s diverse agriculture.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Fertilizer basics The concept of soil fertilization likely extends back 8,000 years, when early farmers added manure and bones to their crops. Nowadays, fertilizers are an essential part of farming, and there are plenty of options: synthetic or organic (think: manure or seaweed), liquid or dry options, and a wide variety of formulations.

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Food Tank

JUNE 18, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help schools improve menus. Cattle are the leading contributor of food-based emissions and the top agricultural source of water use. Department of Agriculture The post Op-Ed | USDA Opens the Door to Climate-Friendly School Meals appeared first on Food Tank. Photo courtesy of the U.S.

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CalCAN

MAY 17, 2023

billion, the May Revise maintains over $100 million in proposed reductions to climate smart agriculture programs while proposing a climate resilience bond. Flood Relief Funding Despite the continued economic challenges in the state, the May Revise offers some much-needed relief for agricultural communities impacted by the recent flooding.

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