Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Production 131

Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

Agriculture 97

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 97

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence. Satellite images can track the development of each field throughout the growing season or year.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

Cropaia

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Micronutrients, though required in small quantities, are essential for plant growth and productivity. In conventional tillage, plowing redistributes nutrients across the soil profile, mixing organic matter and nutrients from the surface with deeper soil layers.

Crop 90

Crop Distribution Plowing Maize 90

Trimble Agriculture

JULY 19, 2023

For example, it can assist in monitoring crops, optimizing irrigation, and even predicting weather patterns to make farming more efficient and productive. AI integration can help farmers better analyze data, make predictions, and solve problems. Nearly everyone agrees that AI will be an integral part of agriculture’s future.

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Finance Agriculture Agriculture Farming 94

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Weve actually been working more hours with less food, with less production, said Pinto da Costa, noting that working at night has made their work less efficient and led them to find less fish. to beat the heat, collecting milk from their buffalo and preparing products to sell in the market during the dusky hours of the morning.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Harvest 47

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Researchers, using satellite data, found that cash crop yields in the corn belt dropped significantly—on average 5.5 percent for soybeans—on fields that were cover-cropped, compared to fields that were not. Such losses could dissuade farmers from planting cover crops, no matter the financial incentives.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Cash Crop 52