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Why cultivation equipment is making a comeback on Wiltshire farm

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly For the past eight years a direct drill was the only piece of equipment Wiltshire mixed arable and beef farmer George Hosier has used to establish his arable crops.

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Applications of LULC in Agriculture

Cropin Blog

Creating a Global Dynamic Map of Cultivable Land: Harnessing LULC Applications in Agriculture Arable land, vital for agriculture, feeds us all. While creating a mere 2.5

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I I love farming…so I hope to [continue] this for a long time.”

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GroundWork BioAg announces launch of the Rootella Carbon program

World Agri-Tech

Courtesy of Groundwork BioAg Rootella Carbon Program Ushers in a New Asset Class Enables Adoption by Conventional and Regenerative Farmers: Rootella Carbon provides growers the additionality, or practice change, needed for carbon credit eligibility, regardless of current cultivation practices.

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

Credit: World Resources Institute According to Strategy and PWC , GCC countries import about 85% of their food and approximately 56% of vegetables, largely due to the highly limited arable land in the region, averaging 4.25%. Everything required for cultivation needs to be imported. As stated by Ryan M.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Could cultivating it offer me an opportunity to make up for all that had not passed down to me?” She layers these personal narratives with the larger histories of wheat cultivation over the millennia and the more recent organic farming movement. “Might this obscure wheat contain within it a door to my own heritage?”

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