DTN

JANUARY 9, 2025

Long-term Strategic Planning By analyzing multi-year trends in weather patterns, crop yields, and market prices, ag retailers can help farmers make informed decisions about crop rotations, equipment investments, and long-term sustainability strategies.

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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. During this transition period, yields can drop and farmers can still be years away from a return. [In The investment of time is not without risk. LH: There definitely is.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Implement a Crop Rotation Plan Crop rotation is the process of growing different crops in a sequential, multi-year cycle. It's important to rotate crops because it helps prevent disease and pests from developing on your land. Consider incorporating legumes into your crop rotation plan.

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Farmbrite

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One crop takes over the entire field, and everything is tailored to its style, from irrigation to tools. Some farmers might throw in a twist with crop rotation, switching between different crops to keep things fresh while still keeping the species separate.

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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

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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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Rotate your crops. Rotating crops is one of the best ways to improve long-term soil health on your farm. Here are six ways you can improve long-term soil health on your farm: What is soil health?

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Cropaia

JANUARY 14, 2023

Rather than relying on chemical pesticides, IPM utilizes a combination of techniques to prevent and mitigate pest infestations. For example, rather than applying a broad-spectrum pesticide that may harm beneficial insects , a pest control professional may use a specific type of bait or trap to target the pest species.

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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. Polycultures can increase yields compared to monocultures.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But what many of the projects share is a recognition that commodity production that prioritizes yields and profits above all else has harmed the country’s landscape and people. Ron Rosmann can’t remember the exact year, but it was around 2010 when Walmart executives landed their private jet near his farm in Harlan, Iowa.

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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?” They source according to the schedule of the crops growing nearby, the waning and waxing seasons.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As a farmer, you know that climate change can greatly affect your crops and their yield. This includes recording weather patterns, soil conditions, irrigation practices, crop yields, and any other relevant metrics. Keep track of key indicators such as growth rate, disease incidence, maturation time, and crop yield.

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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. Featured image by Alejandro Barrón from Pexels

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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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Cropaia

APRIL 29, 2023

Farmers widely use pesticides for controlling pest populations and diseases in agricultural production systems. However, resistance to pesticides is a significant problem in agriculture, resulting in lower crop yields and increased pesticide use, which can have negative environmental and health impacts.

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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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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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Optimize Feed & Fertilizer Use: One approach to be more efficient on your farm is optimizing the use of fertilizers and pesticides, applying them only when necessary and in the right quantities , thereby reducing waste and environmental impact. Buy local when possible.) Buy Local: You might also try to switch to using local alternatives.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

I was surprised to see how many regenerative practices I would be paid for by acres, which I was already implementing, such as no-till, cover crops, crop rotation, and reducing the use of harmful chemicals, Francessca Petrie, Nicodemus farmer and the USDA-FSA land capital marketing access grant director, told me.

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