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The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

However, mechanization and technology like tractors offer women the chance to broaden their opportunities in agriculture. Mechanizing tasks like bed shaping, planting, and cultivation is game-changing. No-till drills and roller crimpers make cover cropping easier. Tractors require capital to purchase, rent, or borrow.

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Mycorrhizae: Boosting Yields Naturally

Cropaia

Mycorrhizal fungi play a crucial role in overcoming this limitation through several mechanisms: Increased Surface Area : Due to its chemical nature, phosphorus is generally immobile in the soil, often becoming fixed in forms that plants cannot readily absorb. This immobility presents a major challenge for plants in accessing phosphorus.

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Understanding pH Part One:

UnderstandingAg

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Its much more complex than that. In addition, ammonium sulfate is broken down into sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ), a strong acid.

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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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Why Should You Invest in Farm Management Software? Part One – 4 Powerful ROI Arguments

AGRIVI

Making a right decision is crucial in securing high yields and maximize farms profitability. Data-driven Farm Management Platform provides you a control mechanism to get immediate, real-time and transparent insights into: profitability by crops, varieties and fields; average yield by crops; planned budget vs actual budget per crop.

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Soil organisms – promoting soil health

Cropaia

Organisms like bacteria, fungi, and earthworms can help to stabilize soil aggregates through various mechanisms. Such mechanisms include secretion of polysaccharides that glue soil particles together, or formation organic matter that helps to bind soil particles together.

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Unraveling the Mystery of Woolly Aphids

Kavya Organic Farm

The covering serves as both a protective layer against predators and adverse weather conditions, as well as a defense mechanism against some insecticides. As sap-sucking insects, they weaken and stress host plants, potentially leading to reduced crop yields and ornamental plant health.

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