Cropaia

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Crop rotation is a common agronomic practice that involves the systematic sequencing of different crops in a specific field over several seasons. This technique aims to enhance soil fertility, control pests and diseases, and optimize crop yield. This added organic matter enhances soil structure and microbial activity.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

As discussions around sustainably grown grain become more prominent, it raises the question, “What qualifies it as sustainably grown?” It’s a question that has multiple answers since the current sustainable grain market is segmented, with multiple programs initiating their own certification requirements. Consider this scenario.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Farmers can use techniques like no-till growing, cover cropping, rotational grazing and planting, and implementing other buffers against erosion. “We So they’re working to highlight how perennial grains can help rebuild soils. So they’re working to highlight how perennial grains can help rebuild soils.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Multispecies cover crops provide a diverse array of root architecture and root exudates to deal with compaction at different depths. Fibrous-rooted species such as annual ryegrass and cereal grain crops help break up compaction near the surface. Try to always apply manure to a living crop.

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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. They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.” Elderberry, becoming popular as a hedgerow crop, provides both farm income and ecological benefits. They were a rough crew of sheep!” Johnson laughs.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management. Alternative Manure Management Practices (AMMP) The FFNSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act.

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