Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Where I live in North Carolina, growers with large cucumber and squash farms rent honey bees at a cost of $100 or more per hive and require 1-2 hives per acre during each season. Is there an alternative to the expense or time investment in honey bee pollination for a farmer growing pollinator-dependent crops?

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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AGRIVI

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is where comprehensive Farm Management Software (FMS), like the market-leading AGRIVI Farm Enterprise , becomes a crucial differentiatorit consistently delivers ROI with measurable benefits that directly impact farmers profitability. How Farm Management Software Delivers ROI Quickly?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Vertical farming has taken cities by storm, enabling urbanites to grow produce within their own homes and entrepreneurs to meet the growing demand for fresher and higher quantities of locally-grown produce. But, how is this soilless farming technique impacting human health? According to Vindara, each property is individually editable.

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DTN

JANUARY 9, 2025

Ag retailers that offer products and services that support regenerative agriculture, such as low-carbon fertilizer, cover cropping solutions and eco-friendly pest solutions may be able to get ahead of competitors in a new marketplace. Assisting farmers in adopting sustainable farming solutions may also grow new revenue streams for retailers.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It is important to track and measure this impact to help you adapt to the changing climate and make informed decisions for your farm. This includes recording weather patterns, soil conditions, irrigation practices, crop yields, and any other relevant metrics.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

His farm lies on the Columbia Plateau, a 63,000-square-mile basin formed by ancient basalt lava flows. Chris Rauch’s Oregon farm lies on the Columbia Plateau, a region that has seen increasing levels of soil acidity. Then they truck it to farms, where it is used in place of ag lime. “That’s crazy,” he thought.

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Agritecture Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Urban Greens is a vertical farming facility located in Sydney, Australia. With this urban surge, the importance of locally sourced produce becomes paramount, prompting a shift towards innovative and efficient solutions such as vertical farming. So, what are the foremost farms currently growing in this region? Credit: InvertiGro.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Flat, sprawling farm fields fill the screen. She’s also put millions of philanthropic dollars into a demonstration farm in Oregon. 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.

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Farmbrite

MAY 9, 2023

Agriculture requires you to understand and manage farming losses effectively. It can be risky and it involves making various decisions that affect farming operations. The uncertainty is a risk and can cause farming losses. Therefore, farmers must understand farming losses and have better risk management strategies.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

A burn pile just a few minutes after ignition, Shone Farm, Personal Photo Biochar is a cost-effective soil amendment and also offers a plethora of other environmental benefits. Site of the pile burning, Shone Farm, Santa Rosa Junior College. Enhanced Crop Yields: In nutrient-poor soils, biochar application can increase crop yields.

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World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

These findings establish LAV321 as a potent solution against fungal diseases, focusing on oomycetes class diseases, including downy mildew, late blight, and other blight diseases, all known for their destructive impact on crop yields. Downy mildew leads to a 75% loss of productivity and yield in humid grapevine-growingareas.

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Agwired

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Program. 2, will significantly expand the nationwide educational training provided to pesticide inspectors and enforcement staff over the next five years. a US-based crop protection business, as the recipient of its first Golden Ticket award.

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Agwired

JULY 26, 2023

The company’s award-winning nanoliquid solutions leverage sophisticated nanoparticles to make liquid agricultural products more effective at plant absorption and dramatically increase crop-yield and profits for farmers while enhancing the sustainability of the soil.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Smallholder farmers play a vital role in feeding the world, yet they often face significant challenges in their farming efforts. In addition to financial support, smallholder farmers also need access to education and training to help them improve their farming practices and increase their yields. Training and Education.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 28, 2025

AgPlenus is a pesticide discovery company implementing cutting-edge AI and deep-learning to discover novel sustainable crop protection solutions. Axelerators enables rapid prototyping, testing, development and registration of novel crop protection, biostimulants, biofertilizers, and soil regeneration products.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Farmers Weekly A new report calls for a rethink of “overly restrictive” regulation of plant protection products (PPPs) inherited from the EU amid a warning that higher crop yields critical to UK food security won’t be achieved without synthetic pesticides.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Here are some of the key takeaways I gleaned from my review of Chapter 11 of NCA 5 : “Weather whiplash” is already hurting US agriculture Extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and heat waves, along with altered precipitation patterns, have affected agriculture by negatively impacting productivity, and made crop yields much less predictable.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. promoting environmentally sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on their land.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In the ever-evolving landscape of agriculture, farm cooperatives play a pivotal role in shaping the industry by navigating challenges such as tariffs and promoting sustainability. Farm cooperatives (co-ops) can help farms weather tariffs in several ways, by helping to reduce costs, bring farmers together, and increase bargaining power.

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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. farms, which includes most Black-owned farms, continue to decline. farms, which includes most Black-owned farms, continue to decline.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 24, 2024

Farmworker Women’s Rights: The next farm bill may shape the rights of women farmworkers. underscores the urgency of necessary resources and acknowledgement of farmworker needs, particularly women and girls, in the upcoming farm bill,” said Alianza’s Executive Director Mily Trevino-Sauceda in a statement. agriculture. “The

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2020, he went back to northern Iowa and joined his father in farming 500 acres of corn and soybeans. While the agrichemical industry claims farmers “carefully select the right pesticide for each pest and crop at issue” and “only use pesticides as a last resort,” when it comes to neonics, that is false in most cases.

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