DTN

JANUARY 9, 2025

Ag retailers must stay ahead of this curve, offering products and services that integrate seamlessly with these technologies and providing expertise to help farmers maximize their return on investment. Ag retailers can use these insights to recommend specific products or practices that are most likely to boost yields for individual farmers.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We all know that farming can be a challenging gig, but with a few nifty tricks up your sleeve, you can turn your farm into a powerhouse of productivity and fun. In this article, we'll share the top 10 tips to boost your farm's efficiency, productivity, and yields – all with a dash of farm flair! Don't let your soil get stuck in a rut.

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AGRIVI

JUNE 21, 2023

Food production is facing a multitude of global challenges that demand immediate attention and innovative solutions. As the world’s population continues to grow, resources become increasingly scarce, and environmental concerns intensify , the need for sustainable and resilient food production practices becomes paramount.

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The question of how to diversify farm production is closely linked with the question of expanding access to land. Who manages land determines which scientific perspectives, crop choices, traditions, and skills shape the landscape, with profound implications for its ecological sustainability.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For a food to become certified organic, the farmland must be proven to have not received any pesticides or unapproved substances for at least three years. Certified organic farms can’t use pesticides or other prohibited substances. Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

million (among other grants) to help farmers change their practices and launch a “regenerative foodscape” and is involved in a $80 million USDA-supported project on climate-smart rice production. If you don’t say yes, they pull your product.” If you don’t say yes, they pull your product.” Then, they’ll lower it every few years.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Here are some tips on how to measure and track climate impact on farm productivity: Keep Accurate and Detailed Records The first step to measuring and tracking the impact of climate change on your farm is to keep accurate and detailed records. By keeping accurate records, you’ll be able to identify trends and patterns over time.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Flax fibers are used to make products ranging from twine to banknotes. In North America, linen production is all but nonexistent, save for one very small mill in Nova Scotia, Canada. Pockets of linen production persisted for a while, but by the middle of the 20th century, even those were gone.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

Food production “doesn’t even start at the farm, it starts at the fossils. The entire industrial agri-business-based system needs fertilizers and pesticides to function,” Tostado says. Because of the close ties between fossil fuels and agrochemicals, “they are one and the same industry,” Tostado says.

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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. Controlled Environment Agriculture A CEA farm growing tomatoes.

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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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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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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Assurance: certifying avocados More and more consumers are searching out products that reflect their values, including trying to source more sustainable avocados. The British public increasingly demonstrate the desire for transparent information to better understand the origin of their products.

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Agriculture for Life

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And, finding the right balance between maintaining profitable production yields and implementing new farming techniques can feel risky. Additionally, EEFs are known for improving crop productivity as well as enhancing plant health. However, it’s not impossible.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Marketing cooperatives help farmers sell their products more effectively by consolidating output and accessing broader markets. They create an environment where farmers can share resources, knowledge, and technology, ultimately enhancing productivity and sustainability. Cooperatives contribute to the development of rural communities.

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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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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.), and various production technologies. Pesticide use has increased more than 150%.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

The practice was finally banned in the UK in 1993 after years of campaigning by environmental organisations, such as Friends of the Earth , but has been permitted again by Defra on blocks of up to ten hectares (25 acres), as part of attempts to control the persistent weeds that plague many of the farms which have continuous arable crop rotations.

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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. USDA really needs to be the one setting the definitionthey label food products nationally.”

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

weve seen a much-needed push toward regenerative and sustainable agriculture to protect the environment and keep farms productive, particularly in the face of climate change. Our closest hub, based in Colorado , assists us in areas like soil testing and pesticide-free farming. In the U.S.,

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