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The Role of Data in Modern Farming: Separating Fact from Fiction

Farmbrite

Farmers saving 30% on fertilizer costs and boosting crop yields by up to 10% are not uncommon with these insights. Crop Health : Drones with imaging capabilities can spot early signs of disease or pest problems, leading to timely, targeted interventions.

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Precision Ag News 10/31

Agwired

farmers are using a new solution to treat soil compaction – a problem that affects over 68 million acres of farmland and significantly reduces crop yields. Three years of independent field trials have confirmed significant yield boosts of up to 34 percent in a multitude of crops, with an 86 percent win rate.

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We Can’t Achieve Food Justice if We Don’t Prioritize Soil Health

Food Tank

Poor soils can cut crop yields by up to 50 percent—which, if we’re not careful, could result in more soil being tilled to grow more crops, which degrades more soil, which pushes us closer to climate catastrophe. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate. It starts with each and every one of us.

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Data-Driven Agriculture: How Ag Retailers Can Thrive in 2025 and Beyond

DTN

Long-term Strategic Planning By analyzing multi-year trends in weather patterns, crop yields, and market prices, ag retailers can help farmers make informed decisions about crop rotations, equipment investments, and long-term sustainability strategies.

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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. By Kyle Richardville Understanding Ag, LLC About the Understanding series Agriculture isnt rocket science. Its much more complex than that.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management.

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How Agriculture Technology can Improve your Farm

Farmbrite

Agricultural technology is a major new trend in farming, ranching and farm management. In this post, we'll explain what these terms mean and how they can help your farm become more efficient and profitable. What is agricultural technology (AgTech)?