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Winter Farming in Florida: Profit Ripe for the Picking

ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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

ATTRA

MARCH 12, 2024

As farmers who work in unpredictable climates, we know the importance of growing a diverse range of foods and harvesting various parts to make up for times when cash crops are scarce. These products are best marketed directly to consumers, local chefs, or specialty markets, although I hope this will change. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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New Holland Showing Off New Technology at Ag On The Mall

Agwired

MAY 20, 2024

New Holland – J Cole Sanford, Cash Crop Product Specialist AEM Ag on the Mall - J Cole Sanford, New Holland 4:14 2024 Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the Mall An added benefits is being able to talk with elected officials and regulators. You can hear more about what he has to say in our interview.

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Field Notes from Koch Agronomic Services – Episode 31

Agwired

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Field Notes podcast series from Koch Agronomic Services (KAS) breaks down the science and technology behind agronomy to help growers do more with less. Reaping the Benefits of Cover Crops In this episode, we’ll learn more about the benefits of cover crops and how they can fit into your nutrient management plan.

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Understanding pH Part One:

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Innovative technology and experimentation are challenging this simplistic model of nutrient availability, meaning nutrient availability charts, like the one presented below, are likely overly simplistic. This is yet another reason to prioritize diversity of species in cash crop rotations, cover crop mixes and pasture composition.

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

ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

When he needed added biomass, he experimented with undersowing Dutch white clover into early harvested crops, mowing the post-harvest crop, and then drilling rye into the clover. But what if you leave the white clover cover crop to continue growing in the second year? ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Vipula Shukla, GATES FOUNDATION Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D, THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION : “The hero is always the progressive, technology-driven farmer/producer who understands what does and does not add value to their operation. Crops take time to grow. HarvestHero is winning, barely.

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High Tunnel Soil Management for Season Extension

ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

As I already said, they increase organic matter and improve soil structure, and leguminous covers can add nitrogen to the soil for the next crop without increasing salinity. Cover crops can also help break some pest and disease cycles. But it’s difficult for growers to sacrifice valuable high tunnel space for a non-cash crop.

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

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Certainly, technology today has made agriculture more climate resilient than where we were yesterday, and I think sorghum has a key and positive story to play in that,” he said. Because a farm’s acreage largely determines what it grows, cash crops with a high upfront cost often make less sense for small-scale farmers. “To

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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. That’s long for research scientists, or a plant technology innovator. It’s also about a category of technology that could find its way into the world,” he said. Then he reconsidered.

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Are Companies Using Carbon Markets to Sell More Pesticides?

Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

In fact, the two practices that dominate current markets—no-till and cover crops—require herbicides to succeed in the way they’re practiced on most commodity farms. Farmers use herbicides to kill weeds that they could otherwise till under and to kill cover crops before planting a cash crop. That’s a good thing.

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Regenerative Orchard Floor Management

UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

And if you are a nay-sayer, or fearful of promoting more vegetation, I ask you this:Is a little vegetation scaring you more than the dead, compacted soil your cash crop is growing in? In-row mowers Many companies have developed and advanced in-row mowers, and the technology has greatly improved.

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