Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. Here are six ways you can improve long-term soil health on your farm: What is soil health?

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Agwired

MARCH 7, 2024

A recent study at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment found that replacing 40 pounds of synthetic nitrogen with Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40 can increase corn yields while reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizer. Other results from the studies indicated higher corn yields.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Regularly amend your soil with organic matter, such as compost or cover crops, to improve fertility. Healthy soil is the foundation for healthy crops. Crop Rotation A crop mixtape if you will. Change it up with a crop rotation that's like a musical mixtape for your fields.

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ATTRA

MARCH 6, 2024

The first trial explores whether practices like cover crops, no-till, diversified crop rotations, and integrated livestock grazing support using less nitrogen fertilizer. The second trial aims to find out if cover crops give farmers greater access to their fields over a season.

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation. FERTILIZATION Regular soil testing is essential to determine nutrient levels and pH. Seeding rate: The recommended seeding rate for winter wheat ranges from 1.2

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As the United Nations notes, “Sustainable soil management practices, such as minimum tillage, crop rotation, organic matter addition, and cover cropping, improve soil health, reduce erosion and pollution, and enhance water infiltration and storage. ” Related NCAT resource: Soil for Water

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Approximately 2 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrogen fertilizers , according to a study in Nature. The prominent chemical ingredient in synthetic nitrogen fertilizers is ammonia, which comes from combining hydrogen and nitrogen gases through burning fossil fuels , including coal, oil, and natural gas.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There’s a possible yield benefit for peas following wheat in a crop rotation rather than canola, according to research done through the University of Manitoba. This Pulse School episode features Brodie Erb, MSc student and field technician at the U of M, who has spent the past three years looking at how preceding crop, residue.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 31, 2023

As with many eco initiatives, what was old is new again: Cover crops (or fallow season plantings; see more below) were first used during the Roman Empire as a way to boost the soil quality in vineyards. Cover cropping is a means of increasing soil fertility without chemicals. How do cover crops work?

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The Farmers Daughter USA

APRIL 28, 2024

It’s actually not all that different from any other crop, except it takes about 18 months for it to mature for harvest. But soil quality, pest control, crop rotation, and fertilizers are all used to produce quality sod. Gordon, who took the farm over when his parents retired, kindly spent time explaining how sod is grown.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Darker soils, better water infiltration, less fertilizer. Figuring out the rotations and selecting species in the winter is a joy and watching them grow tall and dense inspires me. year after year, usually with a non-cover fallow, intensive moldboard plowing, and the additions of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. By Andy Clark.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For instance, farmers in the Southern region face acidic, low-fertility soils, intense weed, pest, and disease pressures, along with marketing and infrastructure constraints. Managing weeds, diseases, and pests.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

This means you'll waste less time, money, and resources on things that don't contribute much value or might even be detrimental to your farm's growth (like using expensive fertilizers when cheaper ones work just as well). Implement a Crop Rotation Plan Crop rotation is the process of growing different crops in a sequential, multi-year cycle.

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Cropaia

JULY 30, 2023

Nutrient deficiencies can result from various factors, such as poor soil nutrition, imbalanced fertilization, inadequate soil pH levels, or other environmental stresses. Detecting and addressing hidden deficiencies promptly can help prevent potential yield losses and ensure the long-term vitality of the crop.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Two neighbors, Farmer A and Farmer B: both farm 1,000 acres and use the same crop rotation schedule. Farmer A tills 30% of their fields, uses cover crops on 20%, and applies anhydrous ammonia. Farmer B tills 50% of their fields, uses cover crops on 40%, and uses stable nitrogen sources. Consider this scenario.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Bayer Crop Science provided $4,601,244 in matching funds, and Iowa State University, K-State, LandScan, LI-COR Environmental, Mississippi State University, The Ohio State University and The University of Kansas also provided funds for a total investment of $16,362,948.

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With reduced disturbance, their populations can flourish, contributing to improved soil structure and fertility. 2. Enhanced Crop Productivity Yield Stability While no-till and reduced-till systems may not always result in immediate yield increases, they often provide more stable yields over time.

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Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Soil Testing A thorough soil test several months before planting allows for preemptive pH adjustments and targeted fertilization. Nutrient Requirements and Fertilization Potatoes have specific nutrient requirements, and their demand varies throughout growth stages.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 15, 2023

On the Mad Farm, this is enacted through compost and especially the cover crops that occupy space on the gardens each season. I rely on these crops, idealistically to bolster hope, and practically to provide most if not all the fertility my garden crops need to live fully and produce quality fruits.

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Agriculture for Life

JANUARY 12, 2021

It’s no secret that keeping soil ripe with fertile nutrients – such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, requires effort and care. However, soil nutrients are often quickly depleted due to natural elements, poor farming practices, and inappropriate fertilizer product selections.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Adding a cover crop adds a new inflow, and it’s more likely that a portion of that carbon will stay in the soil if that cover crop is not harvested. Adding a perennial to the crop rotation can also drive a large increase in photosynthesis. On the other hand, poor fertility management can have a detrimental effect.

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Agriculture for Life

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Here at Green Wave, we are continually helping farmers , gardeners, and agronomists transition successfully from a dependency on chemical fertilizers to sustainably based farming methods. High-performing, organic-based fertilizers are part of the family of fertilizers known as Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEFs).

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

That can], therefore, reduce fertilizer inputs and also reduce discharge of water that’s both salty and has a lot of fertilizer, which tends to go into a lagoon.” Lefer says keeping this in mind and keeping a firm hand on the crop rotation and management is the best way to prevent this. “It

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One crop takes over the entire field, and everything is tailored to its style, from irrigation to tools. Some farmers might throw in a twist with crop rotation, switching between different crops to keep things fresh while still keeping the species separate.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Interactions with organic matter Organic matter plays a vital role in soil fertility and nutrient cycling, including molybdenum dynamics. Application of molybdenum-containing fertilizers or organic amendments such as compost can help alleviate deficiencies.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 21, 2023

Monitoring and Validating Practices AGRIVI FMS enables companies to monitor and track various aspects of their agricultural operations like machinery and fuel usage , mineral fertilizers usage , pesticides and crop protection usage, and irrigation and water usage. A 21% decrease in pesticide usage. Improved yields for farmers by 11%.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Ryan was an early adopter of precision soil testing and fertilizer applications. Crop rotations and use of cover crops reduce erosion and improve soil health. The Britts also adopted a rotational grazing system and fenced cattle out of streams and ponds to reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

Including noncrop vegetation alongside crops may further increase genetic diversity in a geographic area, as with prairie strips or field borders and other conservation buffers within or adjacent to crop fields. And diversity may also include the temporal diversity of crop rotations.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable, it's more challenging to plan crop rotations, planting, irrigation, and other tasks that depend heavily on the weather. Precision agriculture involves using technology to optimize crop yields on a site-specific basis.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Funding] should focus more on paying farmers to switch to more drought-tolerant crops, to incorporate conservation crop rotations and to adopt other conservation practices that make their operations more resilient to climate change.” One of the issues that precision agriculture gets to is the overuse of inputs,” Orr says.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These practices include managed or adaptive grazing, silvopastures, forest farming, field borders and buffers, hedgerows, riparian area development or expansion, cover crops, and crop rotation.

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ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

The first question to ask is: do you really need to take on the work of establishing cover crops in pastures? If you have a diverse pasture mix with plenty of production and do not need to apply fertilizer (nutrient cycling is running well), and no disease problems, all this may be unnecessary.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A small sheep herd that was on the property from when her parents farmed the land was integrated into organic crop rotation. Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits. In 2014, she and Rafkin started transitioning to organic. They were a rough crew of sheep!”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Figure 4: The IRA Fertilized CSP in Every State While total funding spent in each state is an important indicator of the IRA’s success, looking at the percentage of a state’s total contracts funded by IRA is also informative, particularly in smaller states that spend fewer CSP dollars year over year.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polyculture differs from monoculture, which involves growing one crop at a time over an entire field. Polyculture can help prevent erosion by rotating the crops grown on a given plot. By alternating between two or more crops, you can prevent soil erosion and keep your soil healthy.

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UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

For example, if a fall-winter cash crop was turned over and immediately planted to a spring crop, the summer-winter mix is a good follow up to provide an extended period of rest through the winter. In my next post, I will discuss planning rotations and intercropping.

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