Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As temperatures rise across most of the earth, farm workers and others who work outside like roofers, construction laborers, and lawn care employees are being increasingly affected by the high heat stress that occurs when high daytime temperatures and humidity take their toll on those workers, especially if they are doing hard manual labor.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

She designed an innovative solution for their small farm which has dramatically improved their process for harvesting and drying crops such as onions and garlic. Large farms have other means of curing onions, but there was a gap for the small farm on how to harvest and dry onions with fewer steps while using minimal storage space.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I just returned from a farm consult that included a 70-acre timber harvest 4 years ago. The difference between destructive and constructive is slight, but logging roads and farm lanes are notoriously destructively built and maintained. What landowners need and what they think they need are often quite different.

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Food Tank

JULY 20, 2024

Irungu tells Food Tank that Ustawi Afrika teaches rainwater harvesting, construction of earthen pot water reservoirs, sustainable agriculture techniques, solar drip irrigation and production of a nutrient-rich material called humusoil.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

He plans to harvest some grasses as hay for animal bedding and weed control. Over the years, the construction industry has used salt hay for insulation, livestock farmers use it for animal bedding, and berry growers mulch with it, since it is naturally free of weed seeds.

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Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Individual days and weeks can sometimes seem so long (especially when that harvest list runs onto three pages!), This inspired me to do a few more labor time analysis this summer—how many hours do we spend harvesting? Can our harvesting metrics improve? Harvesting again… note the sad deficit of weeds in the background.

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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.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

You want to make planting and harvesting choices according to the moon? The sun, the star that anchors our system and shines bright for much of the year in this region, shapes our construction projects, Bertrand explains. We were amazed at the difference between wine made in barrels harvested on fruit and flower days, Cullen says.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

The solar farm Alliant Energy completed construction on the 10-acre Alliant Energy Solar Farm on the ISU research farms near Ames, Iowa in the fall of 2023. Issues such as harvest timing and growing season will be studied, as well as climatic impacts. The harvested crops will be sold to the university’s dining halls.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 27, 2024

Pests can shorten your harvest, cripple your plants’ production potential and double your garden chores. Constructing simple fencing can help keep rabbits away and planting good companion plants like marigolds can go a long way to keep unwanted critters away from your precious plants. I’ve never grown a fall garden.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

An underground greenhouse currently under construction in Pine Ridge. Two people bend over the pallets, using scissors to harvest delicate sprouts of microgreens. In an underground greenhouse, Raycen Raines (right) helps harvest microgreens that are donated to the community. Credit: Dawn E. LeBeau/The Guardian. Credit: Dawn E.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 31, 2023

Most eastern farmers’ fields were obliterated ; the storm came right before peak harvest season for tobacco, corn and cotton. We’ve talked to some farmers that have constructed dikes to try to keep the water out,” he says. Five of six top agricultural counties of the state were in the most storm-vulnerable areas.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 4, 2025

How will you know what farm tasks you need to do, what plants need to be harvested, how long your cows have been in field A, and how much inventory (feed/seed/irrigation line, etc) you have left in stock? Startup Costs: Itemize all initial expenses (land purchase, seed or animal acquisition, construction, equipment, permits).

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 22, 2023

Eligibility Criteria for Polyhouse Subsidy To avail the polyhouse subsidy in India, farmers must fulfill certain eligibility criteria, including: Land Ownership: The farmer must have legal ownership or leasehold rights to the land where the polyhouse will be constructed. The subsidy under this mission may cover up to 75% of the project cost.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Originally constructed by Native Hawaiians hundreds of years before colonization, the effort resurrected a 1.3-mile Although Shultz’s goal is to triple production, scaling up has its challenges: Cultivation is a year-round, labor-intensive job that involves planting 1,000 bulbs weekly, in standing water, and harvesting an equal amount.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

JULY 19, 2024

IDTechEx’s new report, ‘Battery Markets in Construction, Agriculture and Mining Machines 2024-2034’, showed that CAM machines require a diverse range of battery solutions to cater to their individual needs It has taken around 15 years to convince car owners that battery power is a viable alternative to their fossil fuel comfort blanket.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As a child, she and her siblings accompanied their father as he planted and harvested corn and beans. It is important for these women to take charge of local agricultural production and the well-being of their families, especially given the extended absence of male family members during the annual cane harvest.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner. We realized because of the way they’re harvested, we didn’t need a lot of clearance for equipment, but we really needed to protect the soils and protect the plants during the construction phase.” But they all recovered quite well.”

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

With containers, we end up losing harvests from a couple of containers rather than the entire farm. HGS: What is the largest farm you have constructed using the container methodology? DT: Our largest container farm to date was constructed in Columbia, South Carolina with 140 total containers. HGS: What about automation?

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Modern Farmer

JULY 16, 2024

Some are even ready to harvest. In the 1700s and 1800s, farmers in the “Garden State” relied on enslaved people to herd and slaughter animals, grow crops, maintain their meadowlands, and construct their farms. “It’s really developed into something really beautiful and productive and community-oriented.”

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Harvesting and packing : Ensuring that crops are harvested at the right time and packed properly to maintain freshness and quality. Design and construction of the vertical farming system : Developing a functional and efficient system that maximizes space, minimizes resource use, and meets the needs of the crops being grown.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

Equipment Loans These loans can be used to purchase new or used farm equipment, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems Farm Improvement Loans This type of farm loan is for improving or upgrading existing farm structures or systems. They can be less scrutinized by lenders.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. Our seeds are very resilient,” said Johnson. They are just amazing in the way they can survive heat and lack of irrigation.”

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You get an added growing or harvest season from your leased equipment. Per usual, local rates and residual values for each lease are tailored to the asset and lease duration, similar to our standard leases, so the construct itself works in the same manner. Add on an extra six months. The result?

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Neighborhood volunteers choose what to grow, plan events and share harvested crops with food banks, nonprofit and faith-based meal programs and neighbors. The forests also serve as gathering spaces, contribute to rainwater harvesting and help beautify neighborhoods. Credit: Boston Food Forest Coalition.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

GreenWave’s founder, Bren Smith, harvests kelp on his farm. Seawater Greenhouse Seawater Greenhouse constructs greenhouses in arid climates, like this one in Oman. The main services they provide to clients include consulting, design, and construction. Credit: Patagonia/Ron Gautreau. Credit: Seawater Greenhouse.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

Focus on Solutions Although there are clear, negative impacts for agriculture, the agriculture chapter effectively lays out the ways in which agriculture can respond constructively to increasing challenges. In short, much of the current system is more susceptible to climate impacts because of current monocultural agricultural practices.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

These storms can interrupt entire seasons of growing, causing significant crop loss and even preventing farmers from planting their next season’s harvest. Weatherproof Your Building The exterior of Fusion Farms in Mayagüez, PR. Credit: Fusion Farms.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

With its user interface, AmpEDGE allows Heron Farms to monitor these parameters, helping the farm go from “3-4 harvests per year to 7.5 “It’s much easier to manage a farm when all of those parameters are recorded every few seconds and the data is searchable and can be graphically represented and analyzed,” according to Norton.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

and sovereign Indigenous nations, and grant unlimited harvests, even from private property. 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. Wampanoag fishers, like Pocknett, are forced to shrug it off. Not just food.”

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Trimble Agriculture

MARCH 15, 2024

Primary tasks under the H-2A program involve “farming in all its branches”, including preparation, planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, as well as the raising of livestock and other animals. Examples include heavy tractor-trailer truck drivers, supervisors, farm mechanics, and agricultural construction workers.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2024

(Photo credit: Emma Glassman-Hughes) With help from the tribes Natural Resources Department , the town of Mashpee is compiling a harbor management plan, an extensive document that will set guidelines for the construction of marinas and docks. Its like they dont see the impact [on] their great-great-grandchildren, Pocknett said.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Such deals exploded in popularity over the last decade as agricultural producers sought to stave off big-box stores, self-storage complexes, and residential construction, all of which already consume millions of acres of fertile open space. But applying the same approach to water is tricky.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 9, 2024

And, as playa stabilization and habitat construction projects get underway, some critical data simply arent being gathered. How do we preserve wetlands or construct more, so they are a nature-based solution? The biggest challenge: Constructing wetland habitat is expensive. The data are not yet publicly available.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 24, 2024

A powerful, 44-page document, Harvesting Dignity: The Case for a Living Wage for Farmworkers documents in shocking statistics what Matilde and Juana know from personal experience. Fortunately, my husband works construction and gets $20 an hour, but the same months when there are no strawberries, the rain cuts his hours too,” she said.

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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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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

He invited me to spend the summer in New York City in 1968 working construction. That will mean changes in every aspect of the food and agriculture system from seeds to planting to production to harvest to distribution to education to marketing to eating to disposal. It seemed like the whole world was in New York City.

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