Cash Crop Pasture Pesticide 
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. And when nitrates are present, it’s inevitable that other contaminants, such as pesticides , are also polluting the water. ” Mark Stokes has been using no-till cropping for 26 years.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
Diversity within livestock systems, as with having chickens or small ruminants follow cattle in a pasture-based rotation, also provides multiple benefits, including pest suppression. Photo credit: Crop Trust. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases.
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Modern Farmer
AUGUST 25, 2023
Their meals of choice are: barley, oats, corn, soy, wheat, rye and alfalfa, the mainstay commercial crops of prairie farmers. Unfortunately, prevention isn’t as easy as spraying the larvae with pesticides. This means farms have to keep the crop alive and use up precious water resources in an already water-restricted environment.
Farmbrite
AUGUST 23, 2023
Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. One common method is the traditional or sequential crop rotation, where different crops are grown in a planned sequence over a period of years. Avoid overgrazing your pasture lands.
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. This means that many farmers continue to apply herbicides to eliminate a winter cover crop. But the crop duster did.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 23, 2024
Against the backdrop of a carefully managed perennial pasture, the gathering focused on legislative approaches to promoting regenerative farming and ranching practices, which the group believes can galvanize support across partisan and rural-urban divides.
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