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Is Soil Testing Worth It? 

Trimble Agriculture

If you’re an agricultural landowner, chances are you’ve used soil testing to customize fertilization, optimize soil health, and maximize crop yields. If livestock are eating higher quality forage, they are more likely to grow better and have an overall healthier lifestyle,” says Cameron Flowers, Managing Director for AgAmerica. “If

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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run

Agritecture Blog

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.

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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

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.

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When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Modern Farmer

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.”

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How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

Civil Eats

In Grotegut’s case, wheat grown in grasslands is certified as “mixed-species forage” by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. 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.

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