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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Rotation Pasture 98

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made available more than $100 million in funds to help farmers establish cover crops. farmland is regularly cover cropped.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 120

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. It gave me enough time to ford a cow pasture and find a hillside seat to watch this aerial display.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Acre Seeding 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

The destruction of vital infrastructure and farmland, the mass displacement of people and the blocking of food aid has created acute food insecurity for the entire population of 2.2 Gazans had been encouraged over the years to produce cash crops for export using extractive methods, as has been widespread across the world.

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Farming Farming Livestock Food 127