Agwired

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

An Illinois-based processing facility successfully completed its first run of climate-smart soybeans this fall, marking a significant milestone in the initiative to bring climate-smart commodities to market. The Scoular processor is the first of five processing facilities expected under the project.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, researchers utilize the long-term farming systems trials at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service station in Beltsville, MD , to address nutrients, weeds, soil health, greenhouse gas mitigation, and net economic returns in organic field crop rotations. Overcoming barriers to organic transition (especially ORG).

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers. For farmers who use more conventional methods but are interested in transitioning to organic, the process can take years. Modern Farmer: Can you tell me what the process of transitioning to organic farming looks like for producers in terms of requirements?

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Of course, some of these processes are natural—but healthy soils have the resiliency to resist excess erosion, whereas degraded soils are more vulnerable to even natural climatic cycles. Farmers can use techniques like no-till growing, cover cropping, rotational grazing and planting, and implementing other buffers against erosion. “We

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

To be thorough and have the best growing season, it's a good idea to take all this into account during the crop planning process. This can slow down the composting process, or in some cases, stop it altogether. (If The approach ensures the crop receives enough nutrition early in its growth for higher yields.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

ADM and Syngenta hope to leverage their existing capabilities to accelerate the research, processing, and commercialization of oilseeds such as Camelina that are typically grown in the fallow period of a crop rotation.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But with plants that are grafted, such as pumpkins and watermelons, the process is largely the same. Lefer says keeping this in mind and keeping a firm hand on the crop rotation and management is the best way to prevent this. “It Photography courtesy of Red Sea Farms. It all comes down to management,” he says.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. Seafood processing houses, they just cut the filet off and throw the carcass in the bin.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

the FDAs 2002 advisory, which labels kava as an unapproved food additive with potential health risks, still rules, lumping traditional preparations together with processed products. The state ruling recognizes noble kava cultivars brewed with water or coconut water as safe, while warning against alcohol-based extracts and processed products.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As we venture further into the pool, farmers may achieve increased biodiversity and water quality by incorporating more complicated strategies and Indigenous approaches like diversified crop rotations and agroforestry. In the deep end, outcomes are sought to benefit the farmers and stewards of whole landscapes themselves.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Agriculture Appropriations We engaged throughout the annual appropriations funding process for critical existing food, agriculture, and nutrition programs. NSAC staff and farmers stand in front of the Capitol building before the SEEC briefing.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2024

These practices involve rotational grazing, implemented by the Phillips on their Arkansas farm, the installation of high tunnels, as accomplished by the Jamersons at Legacy Taste of the Garden, and contouring, as Taylor-Stanley did on her property in New York. There are programs and funding sources,” Garnett said.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Once a hardpan is penetrated by hyphae, they create a pathway for plant roots to follow and provide the glomalin to kickstart the aggregation process. Planting shorter-maturity cash crops is one strategy to allow more time to get cover crops established in the fall and/or let them grow longer in the spring.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Acid rain falling downwind of industrial processes acidifies soils much quicker, as was observed during the 19 th and 20 th centuries. Page 397) Manmade Soil Acidification The processes listed above naturally take a long time to play out and find an equilibrium. Second, rain is naturally slightly acidic and adds H + to the soil.

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

While plants require only small amounts of molybdenum, its presence is crucial for several enzymatic processes, particularly those involved in nitrogen metabolism. This process is particularly crucial in leguminous crops such as soybeans, peas, and alfalfa, which heavily rely on molybdenum for efficient nitrogen fixation.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Source: “Review and Synopsis of Natural and Human Controls on Fluvial Channel Processes in the Arid West,” by John J. Well, it is efficient around water, but that’s the only thing it’s efficient on.” Farming in the Arid West Illustration by Nhatt Nichols. Field and Robert W.

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Fork Farms

JULY 17, 2023

This hands-on experience provides a tangible connection to the biological processes of plants and allows students to witness the complexities of plant growth. Students encounter various challenges throughout the hydroponic growing process when working to maintain optimal growing conditions.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Authorize the FCIC to consider expanding the diversification premium discount to farmers that utilize a resource-conserving crop rotation. Direct the FCIC to implement several targeted modifications to WFRP design and delivery to improve effectiveness for specialty crops and diversified farms.

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Food Tank

MAY 1, 2024

CCS is a process that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reuse or store in gigantic facilities, pipelines, or the oceans. Collaborating with farmers, CIEL promotes natural agroecological practices such as crop rotation, legume cultivation, and the use of beneficial insects, fungi, and organic manure instead of chemical additives.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I’ve seen the synthesis of diversity, in plants and practice, stimulate ecosystem processes to yield the benefits that have accrued to this feral garden. Other Resources Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations. It’s more likely a result of the several practices that are implemented throughout the year. By Andy Clark.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 10, 2025

This wriggling, or weathering, of nutrients is a never-ending process that resupplies soil with usable nutrients. Old headstones are testament to this process. Introducing fallow periods into a cropping rotation also speeds up water table rise in these environments. See Part 2 for more on this process.)

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It does this by providing farmers with financial and technical assistance to actively manage, maintain, and expand conservation activities – like cover crops, rotational grazing, ecologically-based pest management, buffer strips, and the transition to organic farming – even while they work their lands for production.

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Agriculture for Life

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Additionally, EEFs are known for improving crop productivity as well as enhancing plant health. Sustainable Agriculture Practices Need EEFs EEFs are ideal for sustainable agriculture practices such as crop rotations, no-till farming, and management of water resources.

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AGRIVI

MAY 22, 2024

Many farmers complain they feel caught between conflicting public demands for cheap food and climate-friendly processes while raising input prices makes significant hits to their bottom line. However, without productive and profitable crop production , sustainable agriculture would be just fiction, not reality.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

The first post details an overview of the markup process, the bill as a whole, and its likely (or unlikely) path to becoming law. Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management.

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Through the natural process of plant photosynthesis, atmospheric CO2 (carbon) is captured and stored in plant material—leaves, stems, and roots. Certain land-management practices could increase this process, thus improving soil health and structure. Most of this region of the U.S. What’s carbon farming?

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Agriculture for Life

JANUARY 12, 2021

Agricultural chemical products can also speed up natural processes that further deplete soil nutrients. According to the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture , soil testing should be done on all crop types anytime a nutrient deficiency is detected or at the start of crop rotation.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hydroponic and crop rotation systems first caught Nikita’s attention when he was in graduate school, and as part of his masters thesis, he began looking at how these innovations could be integrated into interior design and architectural projects. Shumeiko’s chandelier is a great example of biophilic design in practice.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

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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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

So organic for me would be biodynamic, without chemicals, organic nor synthetic without pesticides, organic nor synthetic, employing crop rotation, utilizing companion planting, certain plants will deter unwanted creatures naturally, ensuring that we are planting those with plants that attract these creatures.

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Organic Garden Farmer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

So organic for me would be biodynamic, without chemicals, organic nor synthetic without pesticides, organic nor synthetic, employing crop rotation, utilizing companion planting, certain plants will deter unwanted creatures naturally, ensuring that we are planting those with plants that attract these creatures.

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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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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

The factors that go into this depend on the type of livestock you raise, how much land you have to graze, what types of hay grow best in your region, whether you will store the hay, will you have access to machinery to process the hay. It's necessary for many critical cell processes, functions, and overall growth.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Demetrius was skeptical about selling to such a large buyer from the start, especially when Al got a loan to put up a processing building before they were sure how everything would work out. To create its own Angus beef supply , it acquired a stake in a processing plant project in Nebraska and partnered with cattle feeders in Texas.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable, it's more challenging to plan crop rotations, planting, irrigation, and other tasks that depend heavily on the weather. This data can guide your decision-making process and help you adapt to changing conditions effectively.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Early European settlers brought flax with them and used rudimentary tools to process it. 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.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

This refers to the natural processes by which all living things eventually die, decay and under normal circumstances return to the earth to be recycled. What he could not have known is that the processes he describes, depend, amongst other things, on the action of mycorrhizal fungi.

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