Caff

JULY 28, 2024

Enhanced Crop Yields: In nutrient-poor soils, biochar application can increase crop yields. This is particularly beneficial in arid and semi-arid regions, where water scarcity limits agricultural productivity. By holding moisture in the soil, biochar helps plants withstand drought conditions and pest pressures.

Production 52

Production Crop Yield Fertilizer Yield 52

Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He hopes that a new “crop” growing in tandem with berries could help boost the local industry and preserve farmland. Across the country, farmers regularly lease their land for utility-scale or community solar installations, but typically crops are not grown on that same land.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Construction Farming 52

Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

But solar projects are increasingly being refused planning permission and faced with pushback from rural communities and farmers, who are worried that PV arrays will " blight " the local landscape and take fertile farmland out of production. It's getting a lot of flack." Co-locating wildflowers and solar panels can attract pollinators.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Crop Yield 52

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. Over the past 30 years, one reason that model has come to dominate the food system is the unprecedented demands of a company like no other: Walmart.

Supply Chain 145

Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Not all farmland is created equal,” says Jesse Womack, a conservation policy specialist with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). Photography submitted by Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust. In general, permanently retiring farmland has much better benefits for the climate than even working lands with conservation.”

Farming 97

Farming Farming Farmland Livestock 97

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In agricultural hubs such as the San Joaquin Valley, where there will likely be significant shifts in the way water and farmland are used over the next several decades, agrivoltaics may offer an alternative path to viability. states have standards for panel height and shading.

Farming 145

Farming Farming Technology Acre 145

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands. By diversifying the system, you provide a lot more habitat for these natural pollinators to pollinate crops,” said Singh-Varma.

Farming 143

Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture 143

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Yet their pervasive use—along with farmland, plastics cover everything from individual seeds to bales of hay and packaged produce—has allowed them to plant themselves deeply in our food supply. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent.

Agriculture 145

Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 145

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Once you get a piece of farmland, the very first thing you do is get your pH right,” says Prevost. Prevost talks about improved pH, micro-nutrients and crop yields in his work with farmers rather than saving the planet. .” A map of acidic soil levels across the US. That optimizes nutrient availability.

Fertilizer 140

Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 140

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. A few years back, while building a fence on her farmland, Hemmes suffered her first bout of on-the-job heat exhaustion. Its also an area that has been battered by human-caused climate change.

Agriculture 80

Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvest 80

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. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

Food 139

Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This narrow segment receives over half of all crop insurance subsidies, funding their capacity to further expand in a cycle of farmland consolidation associated with greater climate vulnerability. Her crop yields tend to be much higher than her actuarial numbers, resulting in highly limited coverage.

Crop 145

Crop Yield Farming Farming 145

Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

The obstacles are particularly acute for Black farmers, who own far fewer acres of farmland today than they did a century ago. Even with the sustainable agricultural practices we used, severe droughts made it difficult to grow crops, leading to widespread farm losses due to unpaid loans and mounting debts.

Farming 139

Farming Farming Acre Seeding 139

The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

They began entering contracts to access small plots of farmland in return for shares of their crop yield, establishing the new sharecropping system. As noted in a UCS report , by 1920 there were 920,000 Black farmers making up 14 percent of all farmers and owning 15 million acres of farmland.

Food 103

Food Plantation Sharecropping Farming 103

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They worried about damage to their farms, to drainage tiles and crop yields. But in Central Ohio, a farmer recently sold 227 acres of farmland to Microsoft for $29 million. After the mass clearing of trees and vegetation, vast swaths of rural countryside and farmland are rendered useless for much else. Who could say no?

Acre 106

Acre Construction Ruralism Harvest 106