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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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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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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Cropaia

JANUARY 14, 2023

Rather than relying on chemical pesticides, IPM utilizes a combination of techniques to prevent and mitigate pest infestations. For example, rather than applying a broad-spectrum pesticide that may harm beneficial insects , a pest control professional may use a specific type of bait or trap to target the pest species.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polyculture differs from monoculture, which involves growing one crop at a time over an entire field. It can reduce the use of pesticides and herbicides, help to prevent soil erosion, add nutrients to your soil, increase water retention in the soil, and increase biodiversity. Polyculture offers a lot of benefits to the environment.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Importantly, many farmers also argue that profitability can be significantly increased due to lowered reliance on expensive chemical inputs, thanks to techniques such as crop rotation, holistic grazing, and cover cropping that can add nutrients back to the soil.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The farmer] could be spraying with every insecticide, pesticide, fertilizer, and drive a big, stinky diesel truck into my city and sit outside idling for 20 minutes while he unloads all his plastic containers into my restaurant, right?” And, just because food is raised locally doesn’t mean it’s grown with climate-friendly practices. “[The

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

And organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, organic herbicides, organic fungicides are still harmful to the organisms they attempt to repel. While we can more easily metabolize them I feel that accumulated concentrations of these organic compounds can be still detrimental to our health.

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

And organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, organic herbicides, organic fungicides are still harmful to the organisms they attempt to repel. While we can more easily metabolize them I feel that accumulated concentrations of these organic compounds can be still detrimental to our health.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He stopped using pesticides in the early 1980s, got certified organic in the ‘90s, and over time, built a highly diversified farm that produces corn, oats, wheat, barley, and vegetables while raising cattle, chickens, and pigs outdoors. Rosmann’s 700-acre organic operation is an anomaly in the region.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These days, the flax grown for linen is an industrial crop. It’s treated, in most cases, with conventional fertilizers and pesticides, and is harvested, processed and made into cloth using huge machinery. Her research explores where flax can be incorporated most effectively into existing crop systems.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

In 1951, pioneering organic farmer, Frank Newman Turner, took up the theme in his book, Fertility Farming , referring to mycorrhizal associations he writes (p.50), Scientists tell us that in addition to soil disturbance, a wide range of pesticides can affect the diversity of mycorrhizal fungi.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 23, 2024

Along with reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, practices that build healthy soil, for example, make land more resilient to drought, flooding, wildfires, and erosion. Several Western and Midwestern states, however, have managed to promote conservation-minded practices through modest incentives.

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