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‘Nothing’s Predictable’: Extreme Weather is Ruining Farmers’ Crops and Finances

Daily Yonder

Reducing that overhead rate could free up financing for the growers who need it most. He says the county had a “steep learning curve” to handle specialty vegetables, as it needs data on typical crop yields to determine pricing. “It In addition to their administrative costs, these companies earn a 14.5%

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U.N. Report Calls for Climate Tech for Food System Resilience

Food Tank

Examples of adaptation technologies include drought-resistant crop varieties, climate-smart irrigation systems, and agroforestry practices, which help conserve water, protect soils, and improve crop yields under changing conditions. Only a small share of climate finance goes to agrifood systems, she says.

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AI and Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Farming and Finance

Trimble Agriculture

How AI in Agriculture Has Already Changed Us Even before self-driving cars hit the consumer market, farmers were plowing fields with GPS-guided tractors. In the mid-1990s, John Deere began using GPS technology for precision agriculture, combining GPS location data with sensor readings to determine crop yield.

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Breaking Barriers: How Malawi’s Largest Smallholder Association Is Empowering Women

Food Tank

Malawi’s largest independent smallholder farmers association is working to help producers improve crop yields and adapt to the climate crisis while promoting gender equity. With over 130,000 members, the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) operates in 22 of the country’s 28 districts.

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Ag Efficiency: Focus on the 20%

ATTRA

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. If we strategically focus on improving processes in the highest two categories, we could potentially reduce the causes of low crop yield by 72% on this farm.

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Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program Reporting First-Year Results

ATTRA

A year after its launch, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing program announced that 83% of participating farmers who completed program requirements met environmental standards for fertilizer efficiency and soil health practices, while also meeting or exceeding national crop yield benchmarks. interest rate rebate.

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Protect Your Farm with Integrated Risk Management 

Trimble Agriculture

Technology and Tools Using technology as an assetsuch as precision farming tools, climate forecasting, and data analyticscan help you make better decisions, optimize crop yields, and reduce waste. Future-Proof Your Farm with a Trusted Farm Finance Expert As a trusted financial partner for farms across the U.S.,

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