Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Plastics are tightly woven into the fabric of modern agriculture. But plasticulture, or the use of plastic products in agriculture, also comes with a wide range of known problems. In the larger scope, agriculture accounts for a small slice of the plastics pie—less than 3 percent of the annual 440 million tons produced worldwide.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In early 2024, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture is sent to every known agricultural producer in the country to ask important questions about their farms and how they manage them.

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ATTRA

APRIL 29, 2024

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have developed a bioplastic pellet made from marine polysaccharide (chitosan), eggshells, and wheat straw that absorbs phosphate nutrient pollutant from water. The biodegradable pellets can then be applied to agricultural land as fertilizer.

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ATTRA

MARCH 1, 2025

They developed a mapping framework that shows the acreage, locations, and management practices (such as winter flooding and post-harvest rice straw) that would most benefit each wildlife group.

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Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) published a major report on plastic use in farming. Plastics are used across the gamut of farming, from the ubiquitous silage wrap, usually black but now increasingly in an array of colours, to plastic mulches, agricultural film plastic, seed bags and onwards.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Our major goal is to support the ecosystem, heal nature, and be more attuned with nature’s processes,” says Bosch, who farms using organic and regenerative agricultural practices. “As Baker has even had success planting directly into straw bales. It wasn’t long before she grew disenchanted with the amount of plastic she was using. “Our

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The Farmers Daughter USA

JUNE 12, 2023

As my loyal readers know, I love the intersection of technology and agriculture to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Although most of us imagine that it has something to do with swapping plastic straws for paper straw, it’s something that goes much further. In a recent deal between Dow, Inc.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

million USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Organic Marketing Development Grant (OMDG) to grow flax for linen on 12,000 acres, using a cooperative model where farmers would share in the profits. Scutching takes the flax straw and separates the short fibers, long fibers, shives, and seeds, through mechanical crushing and threshing.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

Ela knows first-hand how central compost is to his organic farm—and all organic agriculture. Department of Agriculture (USDA) compost rules could dramatically change the meaning of organic compost for farmers. Department of Agriculture (USDA) compost rules could dramatically change the meaning of organic compost for farmers.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

agriculture. “It’s a criticism of how agriculture is currently conducted, and it’s a methodology of introducing the microorganisms that are absent from the soil.” It’s a criticism of how agriculture is currently conducted,” says Robb. “You’re introducing millions of fungi and bacteria species to the soil.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some examples of fertilising plants organically are; Agricultural waste Manure from livestock Industrial waste However, inorganic fertilisers exist too which are responsible for directly affecting the soil through chemicals. Agricultural products are especially improved by this chemical.

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Caff

JANUARY 24, 2024

However, with support from local officials like police, fire, and the County Agricultural Commissioner, Cheetah was able to visit his farm while still under evacuation orders (now known as an Ag/Livestock Pass ), and support the livestock with water and hay deliveries. Samantha Zangrilli giving a tour of the garden.

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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. straw) may immobilize nitrogen rather than release it, whereas low C:N ratio materials (e.g., Organic fertilizers such as manure, compost , and other organic amendments are valuable sources of nitrogen.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That first student-led audit at Lovin Elementary provided the school with different resolutions it has now implemented, including serving food differently to reduce packaging waste, eliminating straws and breakfast cutlery, and using biodegradable trays. Tending to the compost. Photography courtesy of Gwinnett County Public Schools.

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Civil Eats

MAY 22, 2024

However, the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is one activity that has driven the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In fact, across agriculture, more ionophores are given to animals than any other antibiotic. In the U.S., resistance elements to different things are increasingly being clustered.”

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Zeolites are particularly useful in agricultural settings where maintaining soil fertility is crucial. Organic mulches such as straw, grass clippings, or wood chips gradually decompose, adding organic matter to the soil and improving its structure over time.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Agricultural runoff from both valleys is the primary input into the Salton Sea, and with that runoff comes pesticides and nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen. But a drought and reduced agricultural runoff have helped to shrink the shallow sea in the last two decades. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. In 2002, U.S.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By starting with soil testing, growers can optimize their fields for plant health, reduce input costs, and promote sustainable agricultural practices. Use resources such as soil and crop guidelines, local agricultural extension offices, or a crop nutrient requirement chart to help guide you.

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Sustainable Harvest International

APRIL 22, 2024

Our first sustainable tip is the reason behind our work: Tip #1: Support regenerative agriculture Conventional, or industrial, agriculture heavily relies on chemicals to protect crops from weeds, specific insect species, and diseases. As a consumer (i.e. as someone who purchases food), you can support this necessary transition.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2023

Called the Nigiri Project for its fish-on-rice concept, it’s a collaboration between researchers and farmers that floods rice fields in the winter, helping to break down rice straw while offering juvenile salmon and waterfowl conditions that mimic the bug-rich floodplain ecosystems to which they’re adapted.

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Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. Fiber-rich ingredients include hay, straw, and silage. Fats These provide extra energy, especially for pigs and cattle.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2023

The final straw for Hachmyer was losing half of her crops in 2021 to drought. Hachmyer had already started to think about other ways of farming, and her farm assistant suggested the idea of running a winter community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. “I couldn’t keep martyring myself,” she says. acre site.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For farmers in England (as the devolved nations, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland develop their own agricultural policies), the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is to be gradually replaced by the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which allocates public money for providing public goods. Lambing season starts in April.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Much of the wool was saturated with organic matter such as manure, straw and leaves. Maksymiuk is now part of a wave of people spurring on an emerging market for wool that is often discarded, routing it back into agriculture. Bags of this “waste wool” sat around for a long time, with Maksymiuk unsure what to do with it.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

On a sunny September afternoon, Tripician stood in front of a small crowd to present Bert Glover, the managing director of Impact Ag Partners, an Australian firm that helps people like Murdoch make and manage regenerative agriculture investments. There’s one philosophy that says, ‘Well, better agriculture is just about a better product.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

I am only considering them in relation to agricultural crops. This reached its most extreme level in the 1970s, when tens of thousands of acres of straw were burned in the fields every summer in the UK, sometimes setting fire to hedgerows as well. Similar products are also used in other agricultural and horticultural crops.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By Lee Rinehart , NCAT Agriculture Specialist I dreamed last night that it rained. Voices of farm workers, young people in shorts and muck boots and wide brimmed straw hats drift across the fields. Agricultural educators and consultants tell me farms must be profitable to be sustainable. Focus on net income, they say.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Meanwhile, Harris promises to uphold and strengthen the H-2A visa system — the national program that enables agricultural producers to hire foreign-born workers for seasonal work. Warming has led to reduced agricultural productivity and diminished crop yields , while major disasters throttle the supply chain. grocery store prices.

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