Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But with plants that are grafted, such as pumpkins and watermelons, the process is largely the same. 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.” Photography courtesy of Red Sea Farms.

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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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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Acid rain falling downwind of industrial processes acidifies soils much quicker, as was observed during the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Page 397) Manmade Soil Acidification The processes listed above naturally take a long time to play out and find an equilibrium. Second, rain is naturally slightly acidic and adds H + to the soil.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While plants require only small amounts of molybdenum, its presence is crucial for several enzymatic processes, particularly those involved in nitrogen metabolism. This process is particularly crucial in leguminous crops such as soybeans, peas, and alfalfa, which heavily rely on molybdenum for efficient nitrogen fixation.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. Seafood processing houses, they just cut the filet off and throw the carcass in the bin. says Rubba.

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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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Source: “Review and Synopsis of Natural and Human Controls on Fluvial Channel Processes in the Arid West,” by John J. Well, it is efficient around water, but that’s the only thing it’s efficient on.” Farming in the Arid West Illustration by Nhatt Nichols. Field and Robert W.

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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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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

the FDAs 2002 advisory, which labels kava as an unapproved food additive with potential health risks, still rules, lumping traditional preparations together with processed products. The state ruling recognizes noble kava cultivars brewed with water or coconut water as safe, while warning against alcohol-based extracts and processed products.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

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.

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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. I’ve seen the synthesis of diversity, in plants and practice, stimulate ecosystem processes to yield the benefits that have accrued to this feral garden.

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AGRIVI

MAY 22, 2024

Many farmers complain they feel caught between conflicting public demands for cheap food and climate-friendly processes while raising input prices makes significant hits to their bottom line. However, without productive and profitable crop production , sustainable agriculture would be just fiction, not reality.

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

The factors that go into this depend on the type of livestock you raise, how much land you have to graze, what types of hay grow best in your region, whether you will store the hay, will you have access to machinery to process the hay. It's necessary for many critical cell processes, functions, and overall growth.

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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. This data can guide your decision-making process and help you adapt to changing conditions effectively.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Through the natural process of plant photosynthesis, atmospheric CO2 (carbon) is captured and stored in plant material—leaves, stems, and roots. Certain land-management practices could increase this process, thus improving soil health and structure. Most of this region of the U.S. What’s carbon farming?

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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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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. Knowing that we are doing this together raises the question of how can we support each other through this process? Trying to live symbiotically, that’s organic for me.

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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. Knowing that we are doing this together raises the question of how can we support each other through this process? Trying to live symbiotically, that’s organic for me.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

He’s especially proud of the fact that because of his self-sustaining system that produces natural fertilizers for his crops, he hasn’t purchased a pound of nitrogen since 1982. To create its own Angus beef supply , it acquired a stake in a processing plant project in Nebraska and partnered with cattle feeders in Texas.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Early European settlers brought flax with them and used rudimentary tools to process it. 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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

This refers to the natural processes by which all living things eventually die, decay and under normal circumstances return to the earth to be recycled. What he could not have known is that the processes he describes, depend, amongst other things, on the action of mycorrhizal fungi.

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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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RR2CS

DECEMBER 15, 2023

41:55 – Blake talks about his crop rotation. 51:16 – How can consumers support farmers who are in the process of weaning their soil off of inputs like fertilizers? 18:57 – Blake talks about no-tillage. 36:07 – What else is Blake doing to maintain soil health?

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Purchasing cooperatives allow members to buy inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, at lower prices through bulk purchasing agreements. Farming coops can look into partnerships with beneficial businesses for things like tractors, cattle management software , crop management software , and other helpful partnerships.

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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. Hundreds of people from across the U.S. For them, the definition does not go far enough.

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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. Built to serve “a massive, complex, and incredibly productive and efficient food system,” its presence, she adds, is unyielding.

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