Agwired

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Futures market carries have improved for all three major classes of wheat and the buy basis is widening following a bigger harvest. The larger harvest follows two years of poor production and a historic run of inverted futures markets that sapped profitability for storing wheat. A modest rebound in U.S.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Like many of the neighboring farms in his northeast corner of Oklahoma, his corn crop practically shriveled up due to the lack of moisture. During a normal year, he typically harvests about 150 bushels per acre of corn. His soybean and wheat crops were also impacted. But there was one crop that suffered less. “It

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Be sure not to over-harvest and give enough time for your crop to regrow. Compatibility With Other Crops: Some hay crops, like clover, can improve soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, making them good choices for crop rotation systems. Market Demand : You might also choose to sell your surplus hay.

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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. In past decades, the large-scale consolidation of the food supply chain has reduced processing, aggregation, and transportation to a handful of companies.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Based on the test results and crop requirements, you can begin to adjust pH levels in the soil and any nutrients that are deficient with the addition of lime or sulfur and rock powders and other amendments. High tunnel kale crop for harvest through the fall. Cover crops can also help break some pest and disease cycles.

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Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

Land O’Lakes, the company known to most Americans only as a longtime purveyor of butter wrapped in bright yellow packaging, had two adjoining tables showcasing two of its more specialized businesses: pesticides and carbon markets. Think: planting trees that hold carbon in South America to balance emissions from a factory in South Carolina.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The painting reminded him of his elders teaching him to harvest black walnuts and hickories. “I White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. Even the dog seems engrossed in the process, watching with head cocked as the club sails through the air.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Scott has contracts with several tobacco companies, each of which wants its tobacco grown and prepared just so: light or dark, thick or thin, whatever its part of the market wants. tobacco companies worked very hard to create new smokers and develop a robust market here and abroad. marketing and advertising ($8.02

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Department of Agriculture and food giants such as Land O’Lakes, Corteva, Bayer, and Cargill are paying farmers millions of dollars to sow rye, clover, radishes or other crops after, or even before, they harvest their corn and soybeans. But as the hype for cover crops mounts, so does the scrutiny. percent for corn and 3.5

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