Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Laborious activities like farming, construction, traffic, etc can negatively impact the soil by changing its chemical structure, which is why fertilisers are required to keep the plants intact. They increase the depth of the roots and the water intake and volume. Phosphorus is responsible for this, and it also allows for better seed growth.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

In 2017, Larry Stone heard whispers about construction taking place near his home in Clayton County, Iowa. Many cancers are linked to nitrates , which are found in drinking water contaminated with manure or nitrogen fertilizer, and advocates are concerned about the link. Stone recalled recently.

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Agwired

MARCH 27, 2024

In a move to bolster safety by users of off-highway equipment in the agriculture, construction, utility, forestry and mining industries, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) introduces a free online safety toolkit tailored to promote safety awareness, education, and training for operators of the equipment. AgBiome, Inc. ,

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Stratovation Group , fresh off releasing landmark research about the sentiments of traditional row-crop farmers on the use of agricultural biologicals, is engineering a new study to look at how specialty-crop growers perceive agricultural biologicals for vegetable, leafy greens and fruit and nut crops.

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Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When they purchased the farm over 30 years ago it was an unproductive almond orchard and since then they have pulled the almonds out and utilized the sloped landscape to construct swales, establish a vineyard, and plant a wide variety of fruit trees which provide shelter while their flock of ducks grazes.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this webinar, Syngenta’s Uri Krieger and Ian Jepson use the history of plant breeding as a context to better understand its importance in successful crop production, including how we can use it to develop the resilient crops needed to help growers tackle an increasingly volatile climate.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Stuff yarrow into a deer bladder to create a tea that youll spritz on your crops? It is, at its simplest level, a method of chemical-free organic farming that entails the observation of lunar phases, planetary cycles and requires the use of locally sourced materials for fertilization and soil conditioning. Um, okaaaay. You do you.

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RR2CS

MARCH 29, 2022

The facility will produce 5,000 tonnes of biochar made from several available wood feedstocks including residual wood from the forest industry, clean organic residual construction and demolition wood, arborist cutting from the urban forest canopy, and wood harvested from agroforestry. Want to prepare for the webinar? REGISTER Register Today.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 4, 2022

Original story written in Spanish by Dayra Julio , SHI-Panama’s Logistics + Partnerships Coordinator María Balbina Rodríguez standing within her multi-story agroforestry parcel which includes crops like plantains, yuca, and pigeon peas. As Vicente notes, “The land was a bit tired and needed help, good for certain crops but not for everything.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock. will leave the area increasingly vulnerable.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan May 16, 2023 Saltwater farming, also known as ocean farming or mariculture, is a revolutionary approach to sustainable agriculture that harnesses the power of the ocean to grow crops and produce seafood. Tekmara Tekmara’s unique growing systems harness seawater to nourish crops. Credit: UpLink.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

Farm Storage Facility Loans Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are provided to encourage the construction of on-farm storage and handling facilities for eligible commodities. Operating Loans These loans can cover daily expenses like seeds, fertilizer, livestock feed, and family living expenses.

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The Equation

MAY 13, 2024

Particle matter pollutants consist of extremely small solid and liquid particles in the air, originating from various sources like oil refineries and fossil fuel burning, fracking, transportation, conventional agriculture, wildfires, construction, and biomass burning (like heating with fireplaces). These particles are categorized by size.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. Instead of clam reefs, the farmers use oyster cages and clunky steel rakes to manage their crop. With a grunt, he plunged his rake into the water and dug in.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As the Walton Family Foundation’s executive director recently wrote in a blog post , “The relentless demand for increased production and higher crop yields has come with a high cost—degraded soil health and lower water quality.” That is just absolutely unheard of,” he says.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

FloraPulse , the first easy-to-install water sensor that provides accurate and low-cost water-sensing technology, is enhancing the lives of farmers and researchers who want real-time data that will enable them to make the quick, accurate decisions that will benefit their crops.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 16, 2023

“Everything that is part of the standard was tried and tested, from breeds to how long you feed them, to the right kind of welfare aspect to consider in the coop construction.” They need to make sure [crops] can continue to be grown in this rapidly changing world. ” But the grand vision doesn’t end there.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In addition to growing millet, sorghum, maize, and other crops, they produce seeds to use the following year. The best innovations are maybe not in the biophysical context, the best innovations are in the social constructs,” says Tenkouano. “At the local level, one should be able to produce as much as what is needed.”

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Agwired

DECEMBER 8, 2023

crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, barley, oats, cotton) and plays an important role in predicting farm program expenditures in the President’s annual budget proposal. Crops, examines the performance of the existing area planted equations for seven major U.S. crops in the U.S.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Ileana leads a workshop on organic fertilizers in the community of Nueva Suyapa in June 2021 “Women have historically played an important role in promoting agriculture, harvesting the seeds of fruits and vegetables, and growing them as crops near their homes. All of this is fertilized with organic fertilizer made at home.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We’re not using recycled wood or construction waste that can contain contaminants.” I figured at least I can make sure the local people know it’s available, the conservation districts, crop advisors, anybody advising the producers.” “We bring in the chips from the sawmill across the street and put it into our process,” Reese said.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The first holly to invade Stokes’ study area sprouted in 1966, during a residential construction boom north of the park, where ornamental holly still grows today. As secretary of the Northwest Holly Growers Association, he launched an aggressive defense of his crop. Once an allegation is made, your crop is guilty.”

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To reach that seven-year target, farmers and residents will have to further curtail water use by retiring wells, fallowing fields, and switching to less water-intensive crops; otherwise, the state engineer may intervene and order well curtailments. The expanse is among the most densely irrigated regions on Earth.

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DTN

MAY 22, 2024

The Neal Awards recognize the best work within B2B media, which serves the legal, medical, health, construction, and technology industries. The NAAJ competition judges content produced by ag media, such as DTN, plus agriculture coverage from daily newspapers and general audience media. At the 70 th annual “Jesse H.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

million pageviews per month The New Republic Linwood Scott III climbs two-story tobacco cropping machines with real agility and apparently no thought to falling. His father told him tobacco was for cropping, not smoking, and he abides by that dictum. A bad or failed crop could end the operation. He’s never smoked.

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DTN

MAY 17, 2024

The Neal Awards recognize the best work within B2B media, which serves the legal, medical, health, construction, and technology industries. In winning best art direction of a cover, Progressive Farmer bested Aviation Week and Nation’s Restaurant News , two highly decorated B2B media brands owned by conglomerate Informa.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The guide is especially helpful in its specifics, literally down to the baseboards used to construct the family’s functional barnhouse and greenhouse, and it details how to get the most out of popular crops in micro spaces. Mixed greens, tomatoes, snap peas, hemp, and more—even for this black thumb, Hartman makes it seem doable.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

” Broadly speaking, regenerative agriculture improves soil health and carbon sequestration through diverse crop rotations, animal grazing, limited tillage, and reduced (or eliminated) external inputs like fertilizer and pesticides. I listened and said, You are stepping into muddy waters here.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Investors usually amass agricultural parcels for planting large-scale, high-value commodity crops, or develop them for residential and urban uses. Nathanial Brown owns Brown Sugar Farms in Citrus Heights, where he grows unusual crops such as Caribbean red, striped, and fish peppers, stinging nettles, and flowers.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 10, 2025

Picking a heartier variety of crop can help ensure it will withstand weather changes. There are pre-fabricated cold frame options available, or you can construct your own. However, she suggests fertilizing the garden after a heavy rain. Build Soil Health Healthy soil is the foundation of a healthy garden.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When the lagoons get too full, the waste is sprayed onto crop fields as fertilizer, though these manure pits have also overflowed and breached their walls, particularly during hurricanes, sending waste into streams and rivers. DEQ did not respond to questions about the mediation.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When the lagoons get too full, the waste is sprayed onto crop fields as fertilizer, though these manure pits have also overflowed and breached their walls, particularly during hurricanes, sending waste into streams and rivers. DEQ did not respond to questions about the mediation.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

The foundation declined to make Eikenberg available for an interview, but Weisblum described the meeting as a constructive conversation. Local farmers like to tout the wide range of vegetables grown here, but the dominant crop, by far, is sugar. The crop is easy to despise. Two companies—U.S. Sugar and the Florida Crystals Corp.—together

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