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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farm Management Software Comprehensive farm management software (FMS) platforms consolidate various data sources into a single dashboard, pulling in information from satellites, employees and more enabling farmers to track crop rotation, labor, and pricing.

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Can Linen Make a Comeback in North America?

Modern Farmer

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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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

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. All retailers look to shift burdens to their suppliers for promotions, for stocking, for logistics.

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ORFC 2025: Highlights from this year’s conference

Sustainable Food Trust

The just-in-time logistics employed by supermarkets faced criticism, with broad agreement that transitioning to a more localised food system could be vital to ensuring access to healthy and sustainable food in an increasingly uncertain world.