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The Power of Millets and Farmer Research Collaboration

Food Tank

The appeal is trifold: Seedballs are inexpensive, easily manufactured by farmers, and proven to generate results. Women’s Fields ,” a project that uses human urine to replace expensive imported chemical fertilizer, significantly increased the participating farmers’ crop yields—and its success hinged on the women in the community.

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

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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Custom Agronomics Acquires BioTek Ag

Agwired

Custom Agronomics is a formulator and manufacturer of private-label liquid plant nutrition, nutrient use efficiency, and other specialty products for the agriculture, turf, and ornamental markets.

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Precision Ag News 3/27

Agwired

In a move to bolster safety by users of off-highway equipment in the agriculture, construction, utility, forestry and mining industries, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) introduces a free online safety toolkit tailored to promote safety awareness, education, and training for operators of the equipment.

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Unraveling the Mystery of Woolly Aphids

Kavya Organic Farm

As sap-sucking insects, they weaken and stress host plants, potentially leading to reduced crop yields and ornamental plant health. Proper Watering and Fertilization Maintain healthy and well-fertilized plants to enhance their resilience against pest attacks. Q5: Are woolly aphids seasonal pests?

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GroundWork BioAg announces launch of the Rootella Carbon program

World Agri-Tech

By joining the Rootella Carbon program, farmers can leverage the co-benefits of Rootella products, including increased yields, fertilizer savings, and stress tolerance, while earning carbon credits.

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These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better?

Civil Eats

The approach allows them to lower their carbon footprints, earn extra revenue, and tap into methane digesters’ other benefits, which include the creation of organic fertilizers, also called “digestates,” for use on the farm. The fertilizer produced by the co-digester is stored in the tank behind it. and we see increased crop yields.

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