ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

The nighttime temperatures have been high enough to wake up the cool-season perennials in the pastures. Annual cover crops add carbon to the soil to improve soil aggregation and conserve water, and graziers can add cover crops, and graze them, to get the same benefits. This might give you a window for planting cover crops.

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Pasture Crop Seeding Crop Rotation 52

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Since kava reproduces only through cuttings, not seeds, Johnstons work has been vital to preserving Hawaiis 13 known cultivars. Now overrun with acres and acres of pasture and eucalyptus, the land faces threats from pests and wildfires. For Trask, kava is also central to healing Hawaiis post-plantation scars.

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Food Plantation Acre Production 129

Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. There are several types of crop rotation that farmers can implement to maximize the benefits of this practice. Avoid overgrazing your pasture lands.

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Crop Rotation Farming Farming Fertilizer 52

Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Seed formation and germination: Molybdenum plays a vital role in the synthesis of phytohormones, such as abscisic acid (ABA), which regulates seed dormancy, germination, and early seedling growth. Therefore, adequate molybdenum levels are necessary for optimal seed formation and viability.

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Crop Fertilizer Mechanics Seeding 93

Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

It's important to understand your USDA hardiness zone and how the seed will germinate, grow, and reproduce in your area. Understanding your soil (loamy, clay, etc), the PH, and the other trace nutrients that are available in your soil is vital to growing healthy crops. Another factor you may want to consider is drought and heat.

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Livestock Forage Cattle Orchard 86

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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Agriculture Agriculture Food Pesticide 52

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Industrial meat, seed, and pesticide companies, policymakers, and other retailers have all participated in transforming the food system into the radically efficient, low-cost, high-external-cost behemoth it is today. Walmart was far from alone in initiating these shifts. It includes both investment and philanthropic initiatives.

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Supply Chain Food Acre Agriculture 145