Civil Eats

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But the farm is one of relatively few examples of agrivoltaics —or combined agriculture and photovoltaic array systems—on private land in California, where the technology has been surprisingly slow to gain visibility and traction. Internationally, many countries in Europe and Asia are ahead of the U.S. In November, U.C.

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Farming Farming Technology Acre 145

Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Role of Millets in West Africa Seedball technology isn’t new, but it’s unfamiliar to many of the smallholder farmers who meet the caravan. This flexible technology and others like it are being harnessed by farmer-researcher teams to address the specific challenges of farming in semiarid climates.

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Fertilizer Seeding Crop Crop Yield 98

Agwired

OCTOBER 31, 2024

farmers are using a new solution to treat soil compaction – a problem that affects over 68 million acres of farmland and significantly reduces crop yields. Unpac® , developed by Locus Agriculture, is an innovative biosurfactant soil amendment that successfully breaks up soil compaction through fermentation-derived technology.

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Soil Compaction Yield Technology Acre 49

Caff

JULY 28, 2024

Enhanced Crop Yields: In nutrient-poor soils, biochar application can increase crop yields. Technological Optimization: Efficient biochar kilns and pyrolysis technologies must be developed to maximize production while minimizing energy consumption and emissions.

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Production Crop Yield Fertilizer Yield 52

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.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvester 70

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.

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Supply Chain Food Agriculture Agriculture 145

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. Some reduction in yield is still better than growing nothing," he argued.

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Farming Farming Crop Yield 52