Cash Crop, Greenhouse and Production

Diversifying rotations for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 23, 2024

Bottom line: adding more crops to the current dominant rotation of wheat and maize increases yields and profits, sequesters more carbon in the soil and reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions. Sweet potato is a cash crop that increased farmers incomes by about 60%. million tonnes.

Greenhouse

Greenhouse Cash Crop Maize Crop

Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

Civil Eats

JULY 2, 2024

” While revitalizing the community, Jersey Scoops adds a high-value outlet for a perishable product, strengthening the industry overall. The national program helps small and mid-sized dairy producers squeeze more value out of milk by diversifying their products and markets, reducing waste, and innovating packaging and processing.

Pasture

Pasture Production Marketing Supply Chain

Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

Camelina protects land like a cover crop providing a range of environmental benefits, including soil health and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Camelina represents a key feedstock for the production of renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuel.

Seeding

Seeding Cash Crop Crop Greenhouse

Food, Beverage, and Pet Food Companies Seek Accurate, Reliable Farm Sustainability Data

DTN

AUGUST 29, 2023

To meet consumer demands for sustainably produced food In the past, knowing where food products came from (country of origin labeling) was one of the top concerns for many consumers. Now, the concern is not only where a food product came from but also how its ingredients were grown.

Beverage

Beverage Food Farming Farming

Agricultural Diversification: Practice and Policy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Pasture Crop Rotation

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

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase production and develop the sorghum marketplace. is primarily turned into ethanol fuel and livestock feed—two of the most fossil-fuel intensive agricultural products. “If While she supports the expansion of sorghum production in the U.S., However, sorghum in the U.S.

Grain

Grain Farming Farming Biofuel

High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Higher temperatures can speed crop growth and increase demands on the soil. Close plant spacings, quick crop successions, and extended seasons, typical in tunnel production, add to those demands. With increased crop successions comes increased soil preparation and tillage that can impact soil structure.

Compost

Compost Fertilizer Crop Cash Crop

Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

Plantation

Plantation Farming Farming Acre

Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

The heroes are new cover crops, nitrogen producing microbes for crops and gene editing to produce never-been-possible-before products and traits.” The past 10 years have demonstrated that practical, user-facing tech on the production side can make a difference in what consumers (e.g. Crops take time to grow.

Technology

Technology Marketing Finance Production

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

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But as the hype for cover crops mounts, so does the scrutiny. New research suggests that cover crops may struggle to make a significant dent in agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. And a study published last month illustrated one major reason why farmers may be reluctant to plant cover crops. percent for corn and 3.5

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Cash Crop

Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

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. Back at the barn, companies that sell their products at The Mill had set up folding tables to talk to farmers and hand out swag. First, the farmers embarked on a wagon tour. they yelled.

Pesticide

Pesticide Marketing Seeding Crop

Palestine in the spotlight: The devastation of farming in Gaza and the West Bank

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Before 7 th October 2023 , farms and orchards covered almost half of Gaza’s total land area and more than 7,500 greenhouses contributed to an agricultural sector normally worth over $575m a year. Gazans had been encouraged over the years to produce cash crops for export using extractive methods, as has been widespread across the world.

Farming

Farming Farming Livestock Food

These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

And the perks go far beyond the pastures, Brillinger says: “We get cleaner air and water, healthier communities, and a huge reduction in greenhouse gas emissions” through carbon sequestration. Built to serve “a massive, complex, and incredibly productive and efficient food system,” its presence, she adds, is unyielding.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Ranching Food

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Bringing Back Local Milk, Ice Cream, and Cheese

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