UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. The farmer was trying to produce crops on a 30-acre alkaline area in a 150 acre field that he hadn’t grown a cash crop on in over 20 years, only kochia.

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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. This is generally accomplished by mechanically removing plants by flail mowing, tillage, cultivation equipment, or by manual labor.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. This is yet another reason to prioritize diversity of species in cash crop rotations, cover crop mixes and pasture composition.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 8, 2023

The mechanical disturbance of soil through forms of tillage destroys soil aggregate structure, leaving the collapsed soil structure vulnerable to erosion, which sets the stage for wind and water erosion. This is important because sand, silt and clay particles bound together into aggregates are not prone to erosion from wind or rain.

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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. Rolling a field of a cover like cereal rye depends on the timing.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Policy support has also been crucial, as have creative financing mechanisms. A great example is Oerth Bio’s work to develop PROTACs that will help crops manage through environmental stressors without losing yield. Falling costs due to positive feedback loops have been the most significant factor in increased deployment.

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