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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

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The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. The good news for small-scale growers in Florida is that these winter cash crops can be profitable on limited acreage. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

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Winter Squash Leaves All parts of the squash family plants are edible, from leaves to stems, flowers, fruit, skin, and seeds. Carrot Tops Carrots originated in Persia and were cultivated for their aromatic leaves and seeds. You can use these leaves and fruits in summer soups and pasta dishes. They are usually sold in bunches.

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Syngenta Seeds and Sustainable Oils to Sell Camelina Seed

Agwired

Syngenta Seeds was pleased to make a big announcement the first day of Farm Progress Show Tuesday about a new agreement with Sustainable Oils, Inc. By supporting farmers and offering a sustainable source of fuel and animal feed, this partnership represents a win-win for producers, the environment, and the rural economy. “By

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These State Lawmakers Are Collaborating on Policies that Support Regenerative Agriculture

Civil Eats

We are rural, urban, and suburban,” she said. 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. We are female; we are male.

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Living Mulch Cover Cropping for Gardens and Small Farms: Managing an “organic matter” system

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But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year? Now it becomes a perennial living mulch to direct seed or transplant cash crops into. The cash crop can get ahead of the clover and by the time the clover spreads and gains altitude, the crop is well established.

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Hungry and Seemingly Unstoppable: Grasshoppers Invade Canada’s Prairies

Modern Farmer

While most of what he’s growing are traditional cash crops, the coriander isn’t for commercial sale. Wells could try to seed his crops early , so they can be harvested before the nymphs mature into eating machines. Farmers need warm weather to seed, and the warmer it gets, the faster the nymphs grow. Does it work?

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

Daily Yonder

Despite incentives to establish more sustainable – even organic – farming practices, most farmers are caught in an industrial system of chemicals, hybrid seed, and genetically modified (GMO) seed. One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested.

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