National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

As farmland becomes less functional as a result of increasing stresses from drought, floods, pests, and heatwaves, its regulation by diverse organisms becomes ever more important. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases. That includes agroforestry systems, perennial pasture systems, and perennial grain crops.

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 87

Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. Grain prices began to fall and crops weren’t worth what farmers put into them.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Acre Seeding 52

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made available more than $100 million in funds to help farmers establish cover crops. farmland is regularly cover cropped. The cost can be prohibitive, and it can be tricky to fit them into a conventional row-cropping system.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. With tobacco as his principal cash crop, Arthur needed to purchase fertilizer before December and prepare the land for planting by February or March. The delays in payment could be devastating.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144