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

Farmbrite

Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights. Crop Health : Drones with imaging capabilities can spot early signs of disease or pest problems, leading to timely, targeted interventions. The Small Farm Case Study A small family farm in the western U.S.

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The Night Shift

Modern Farmer

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. This [farm] has been in my family for over 125 years, she said. So its all on me, and its my family farm. Keeping her farm well-managed is a responsibility she doesnt take lightly.

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‘We’re Cut Off’: Rural Farmers Are Desperate For Broadband Internet

Modern Farmer

“I was actually doing a Zoom call with the Farm Bureau, the state board, and we were talking about broadband and connecting people, and those 11,000 missing locations in our state. Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats. And I kept glitching out, because I didn’t have an internet hotspot.”

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‘We’re Cut Off’: Rural Farmers Are Desperate for Broadband Internet

Daily Yonder

“I was actually doing a Zoom call with the Farm Bureau, the state board, and we were talking about broadband and connecting people, and those 11,000 missing locations in our state. ” Haxby and her family farm corn and soybeans and raise cattle and goats. And I kept glitching out, because I didn’t have an internet hotspot.”

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

National Association of Smallholder Farmers (NASFAM) , Malawi NASFAM empowers over 130,000 smallholder farmers to improve crop yields, adapt to climate challenges, and access better markets. World Rural Forum (WRF) , International WRF is a global network dedicated to advancing family farming and sustainable rural development.

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The Food and Farm Bill Must Right the Wrongs of Longstanding Racial Injustice

The Equation

They began entering contracts to access small plots of farmland in return for shares of their crop yield, establishing the new sharecropping system. My great-great grandfather John Henry Blanding (second from the left) stands with his family on the 400-acre family farm in the early 1900s.

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