Cash Crop Fertilizer Ruralism 
ATTRA
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. The good news for small-scale growers in Florida is that these winter cash crops can be profitable on limited acreage. Florida’s winter sun shines brightly on a world of opportunity for farmers.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7
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UnderstandingAg
MAY 3, 2024
High-salt fertilizers add insult to injury by inhibiting soil biology and creating osmotic stress in plants. Fall application of nutrients for a cash crop the following year makes no sense from a plant nutrition standpoint. We’ve been chasing that rabbit for decades and it has hollowed out the heart of rural America.
ATTRA
DECEMBER 26, 2023
When he needed added biomass, he experimented with undersowing Dutch white clover into early harvested crops, mowing the post-harvest crop, and then drilling rye into the clover. But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year? ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
They create little employment in the local area because they grow cash crops that don’t need many farmworkers. If those large extractive corporations make a profit with their cash crops, it is because they do not pay the real cost of their operations. It sounds dreadful, doesn’t it?
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently called on three state agencies to take action to protect the health of rural residents. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. That’s where the sorghum-sudangrass comes in.
ATTRA
JANUARY 2, 2024
By Chris Lent, NCAT Agriculture Specialist When I began to see how unique the growing conditions in my high tunnel are compared to open-field growing, I started to think differently about how to maintain soil health and manage soil fertility for high tunnel growing and season extension. These strategies start with soil testing.
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