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What Is Multi-Peril Crop Insurance? (And other FAQs)

ProAg

A range of individual plans fall under MPCI, including: Act ual Production History (APH) : Protects against a loss of production by guaranteeing a yield based on the actual production history of a farmers crops. Yield Protection (YP): Like APH, YP protects against a loss of production.

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How to Cut Costs with Smart Farming Technology 

Trimble Agriculture

Thanks to this precise application, f armers can reclaim one pound of forage-quality grass for every pound of cactus removed. Plus, the application is designed to protect pasture legumes, like white clover, while targeting the weeds. This leads to better balance sheet management and stronger valuation of land and crops.

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Managing Dairy Slurry to Maximize Nutrient Capture

UnderstandingAg

Inherent Problems Even though we can see tremendous crop yields with high rates of slurry, this comes with some soil health issues, which may include soil surface crusting, collapsed soil aggregates, impaired water infiltration rates, mortality of soil invertebrates, and excessive soil phosphorus levels. Far from it.

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

Civil Eats

But the crop-free plantings have had another effect, Farquhar explained. Strips of trees, bushes, grasses, or flowers around agricultural or pasture fields can house higher numbers of small mammals than cropland. They have also increased the number of mammals on the farm. Runoff from U.S.

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When Not Farming is the Best Use of Land

Modern Farmer

The GLSAs provide vegetative cover for foraging, roosting and nesting wildlife including raptors, wading birds, songbirds, pollinating insects and small mammals such as moles and mice. “We One farmer noted to me recently that the potato crop is grown after a GLSA always has a substantial increase in yield for his fields,” says Schmalz.

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