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At Farm Credit of Southern Colorado, we take great pride in supporting the families who shape agriculture in our region. The Mattive family of Worley FamilyFarms has spent generations cultivating success in the San Luis Valley, and their story is one of resilience, dedication, and innovation.
Soil Health : Advanced soil sensors can measure critical factors like moisture levels, pH balance, and nutrient content, enabling farmers to fine-tune fertilizer use. Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights.
Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familysfarm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. For Trask, kava is also central to healing Hawaiis post-plantation scars.
As a sixth-generation farm, Elmwood has learned to adapt to changing times, shifts in market opportunities, and modifications in state and Federal support programs over the generations. For farmer John Bell, a key to Elmwood’s success has been an ongoing fertility program based on crop-livestock integration and long croprotations.
Johnson found support through Practical Farmers of Iowa, a group dedicated to building resilient farms and communities. A small sheep herd that was on the property from when her parents farmed the land was integrated into organic croprotation. In 2014, she and Rafkin started transitioning to organic. Johnson laughs.
When his father, Randy, equipped his combine with a yield monitor in the early 1990s, teenage Ryan thought it was a huge step forward for the familyfarm. The Britts now farm 5,000 acres, raising cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat and hay in Randolph, Chariton and Macon counties.
Some of the different practices we use include: diverse croprotation, cover crops, intercropping, low chemical use, biological fertilizer and seed treatment, soil amendments, and livestock incorporation. Why farming? AKreGeneration is committed to restoring the land for generations to come, acre by AKre.
” Broadly speaking, regenerative agriculture improves soil health and carbon sequestration through diverse croprotations, animal grazing, limited tillage, and reduced (or eliminated) external inputs like fertilizer and pesticides. Bryce Lundberg of Lundberg FamilyFarms.
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