Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

With tobacco as his principal cash crop, Arthur needed to purchase fertilizer before December and prepare the land for planting by February or March. A fast-growing and high-yield plant, hemp suppresses weeds, thrives without fertilizer and pesticides, and requires less water than many other crops.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Farms that use extractive agriculture usually are outside the official community line, and therefore they pay no taxes to the communities they pollute. They create little employment in the local area because they grow cash crops that don’t need many farmworkers. It sounds dreadful, doesn’t it?

Agriculture 119

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 119

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ag-tech that is smart, innovative and actually improves or increases the quality, productivity or profitability of crop and livestock production will find a market and eager adopters.” The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion.

Technology 59

Technology Marketing Finance Production 59

Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

It was the annual field day at The Mill , a popular Mid-Atlantic retailer of agricultural products including seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. In fact, the two practices that dominate current markets—no-till and cover crops—require herbicides to succeed in the way they’re practiced on most commodity farms.

Pesticide 145

Pesticide Marketing Seeding Crop 145