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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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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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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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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Civil Eats

Thats because so much rice is grown around the world: Roughly 11 percent of all arable land is devoted to this crop, a daily staple for half the people on Earth. The colonists set their sights on the peoples of Africas Rice Coast, from present-day Senegal down to Liberia, who had developed sophisticated rice cultivation systems.

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A Blueprint for Cooling our Blue Planet

Farming Secrets

Decreased water and wind erosion as with the current rate of soil loss by 2050 we will have lost 95% of arable lands to degradation and desertification. Increased soil carbon, soil nitrogen, soil moisture, nutrient cycling. to keep temperatures below 1.5

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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.