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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2023

At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont., At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont., At Shawridge Farms, a large cash crop and commercial grain elevator operation located in Arthur, Ont.,

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University of Idaho Extension Researchers Explore Raising Annual Alfalfa for Nitrogen

ATTRA

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The non-dormant alfalfa planted as an annual can yield three cuttings as a cash crop and then winter-kill. Researchers have found that the annual alfalfa leaves enough nitrogen in the soil for a barley or corn crop the next year.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

But there was one crop that suffered less. “It It doesn’t take a whole lot of rain to make a good yield for the sorghum crop,” said Rendel, who plants about 1,000 acres of grain sorghum each year on his 5,000-acre farm. While he did lose some of his grain sorghum, or milo, to the drought, the loss was minimal compared to corn.

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Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Identifying Opportunities and Planning Successful cover cropping starts with a strong crop plan and requires additional planning around cash-crop termination and no-till seeding methods. Flail mow and direct seed with a grain drill – This is the best method in a larger-scale commercial garden (1+ acre).

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Addressing Compaction During the Regenerative Transition: Part 2

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Fibrous-rooted species such as annual ryegrass and cereal grain crops help break up compaction near the surface. We want a mix of both warm- and cool-season cash crops and cover crops in the rotation. Diversifying the crop rotation creates additional opportunities to maximize ground cover.

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Armoring Your Soil for the Winter

UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

For example, if a fall-winter cash crop was turned over and immediately planted to a spring crop, the summer-winter mix is a good follow up to provide an extended period of rest through the winter. You can also inter-seed winter species to a summer cash crop. However, cold hardy cereal grains (i.e.,

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Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

wheat production and supplies is improving the outlook for profitability among grain elevators that store wheat. The event highlights the harvest of its cash crop, peanuts, which has big potential across the globe by providing a sustainable and nutritious product and fighting malnutrition. A modest rebound in U.S.

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Commentary: America’s Cropland – Talk Is Cheap When It Comes to Sustainability or Organic Farming

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.

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California Agriculture Could Use an Ancient History Lesson

The Equation

JUNE 5, 2023

Unhealthy soil can be the end of a civilization Not being able to grow grain because of unhealthy soils translated into not being able to feed armies. We are allowing our groundwater (which is our water savings account) to be depleted to grow cash crops for wealthy corporations.

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Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Some farmers and researchers like those running the Wisconsin Integrated Systems Cropping Trial are developing increasingly sophisticated polyculture with two or more crop species in the same field at the same time. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

So, the program pays a farmer $55 an acre to grow their cover crops to at least 12 inches; at 24 inches, they receive an additional $20 per acre. Planting a cash crop within a living stand of cover crops, a technique called “planting green,” garners a farmer an additional $10 an acre.

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A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A review from earlier this year found that only a third of published studies in which researchers compared fields that were cover-cropped with those that weren’t reported significant gains in soil carbon. And a study published last month illustrated one major reason why farmers may be reluctant to plant cover crops.

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Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

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. Farmers use herbicides to kill weeds that they could otherwise till under and to kill cover crops before planting a cash crop.

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Without access to markets and appropriate infrastructure (think: organic grain elevators and slaughterhouses) growers can’t fetch added premiums for sustainable practices. As a result, smaller producers often face greater hurdles in adopting any practices that sit outside the mainstream.

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Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If tobacco built the farm over generations, it’s no longer a dependable source of the kind of income his grandfather earned decades ago, much less its best cash crop. The tobacco side of the farm has grown from 50 acres to 150, and the farm also produces soybeans and grain crops on another 850 acres. Photo by John West.

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The Sharp Edge: Building sprayer tender trailers, with Shawridge Farms

University of Idaho Extension Researchers Explore Raising Annual Alfalfa for Nitrogen

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Regenerative Gardening, No-Till Winter Cover Crop Strategies

Addressing Compaction During the Regenerative Transition: Part 2

Armoring Your Soil for the Winter

Industry Ag News 9/22

Commentary: America’s Cropland – Talk Is Cheap When It Comes to Sustainability or Organic Farming

California Agriculture Could Use an Ancient History Lesson

Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense

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