Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There’s a possible yield benefit for peas following wheat in a crop rotation rather than canola, according to research done through the University of Manitoba. This Pulse School episode features Brodie Erb, MSc student and field technician at the U of M, who has spent the past three years looking at how preceding crop, residue.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. Adding the right amount of fertilizer is an essential practice for nutrient management based on your farm's goals and soil conditions. The best amount of nutrients will vary between crop species, soil, precipitation, and more.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 7, 2025

One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. Increasing the types of crops present in an area can provide numerous ecological and economic benefits. Since the exact type of diversity affects the impacts, its difficult to generalize which benefits result from crop diversity on your land.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Farmers rely on organic fertilizers, natural pest control, and sustainable practices to ensure a healthy crop while protecting the environment. By using compost, green manures, and crop rotation, farmers maintain soil fertility and enhance… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Cucumber Farming

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

It enhances soil fertility naturally and supports biodiversity, ensuring long-term productivity and environmental balance for farmers. Farmers rely on crop rotation, organic fertilizers,… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Groundnut Farming

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 11, 2025

Organic Turnip Farming supports biodiversity by integrating crop rotation, cover crops, and organic fertilizers. These practices improve soil fertility and… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Turnip Farming

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Soil health refers to the ability of soil to function as a living ecosystem that supports plants, animals, and humans. Healthy soil is crucial for agriculture,

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Crop rotation is the practice of growing different types of crops in the same area across seasons or years. This method is not just a technique; it is a way to

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 12, 2025

Organic beet farming is a sustainable agricultural practice that focuses on growing beets without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic beet farming uses crop rotation, composting, and natural pest control to maintain soil fertility.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic Guinea Corn farming involves cultivating Guinea Corn without synthetic chemicals, relying on natural methods to maintain soil fertility and control pests. This sustainable approach supports healthier crops while preserving the environment for future generations.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

It emphasizes natural methods to maintain soil fertility and plant health, ensuring that mangoes are produced in a sustainable and eco-friendly way. Organic Mango Farming focuses on growing mangoes without synthetic chemicals or harmful pesticides.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 31, 2025

One of the key differences between these two examples is the amount of crop diversity present. Increasing the types of crops present in an area can provide numerous ecological and economic benefits. Since the exact type of diversity affects the impacts, its difficult to generalize which benefits result from crop diversity on your land.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

After Floridas farmers harvest a wide array of summer crops, the fields do not lie dormant for long. This period is ideal for growing crops that thrive in cooler weather, including leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and blueberries.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic Okra Farming is a sustainable method that focuses on growing okra without synthetic chemicals or fertilizers. It emphasizes crop rotation,… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Organic Okra Farming

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

It emphasizes natural methods for soil fertility, pest control, and plant health. Organic oil palm farming focuses on enhancing soil health through compost, organic fertilizers, and crop rotation. Organic oil palm farming is a sustainable approach to cultivating oil palms without synthetic inputs.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Organic pepper farming encourages biodiversity by incorporating companion planting, crop rotation, and organic fertilizers. Farmers use natural methods to maintain soil health, control pests, and boost yields. This sustainable approach benefits both the environment and consumers.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Organic plantain farming involves cultivating plantain without synthetic chemicals or fertilizers. It focuses on using natural practices to nurture the crop. Organic plantain farming requires careful soil management, pest control, and crop rotation.

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Cropaia

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Crop rotation is a common agronomic practice that involves the systematic sequencing of different crops in a specific field over several seasons. This technique aims to enhance soil fertility, control pests and diseases, and optimize crop yield.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. This analysis found that AFRI has historically funded low levels of organic research, while the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) has been erratic in supporting organic research projects.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic garlic farming involves cultivating garlic without synthetic chemicals, focusing on natural methods for soil fertility and pest control. This approach ensures healthier crops while preserving the environment. Organic garlic farming encourages biodiversity through crop rotation and intercropping.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Yet carrots, cauliflower, sweet onions, honeydew, broccoli, and alfalfa all grow here, incongruous crops that spread across half a million acres of cultivated land. Water Adaptation In the desert, getting water to crops often requires irrigation. billion in payments from the agency’s crop insurance program).

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 3, 2025

Cropland to Pastureland As discussed in part 2 of this series, many conventional cropping practices acidify the soil unnaturally quickly. The reasons vary, but common culprits include excessive N fertilizer use and the loss of organic matter. For them, a temporary break from cropping might be a good option. in some spots.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 31, 2023

What’s cover cropping all about, anyway? As with many eco initiatives, what was old is new again: Cover crops (or fallow season plantings; see more below) were first used during the Roman Empire as a way to boost the soil quality in vineyards. Cover crops refer to vegetation planted in empty fields— covering the soil, get it?—at

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The major achievements of the Green Revolution consisted of the development of high-yielding crop varieties, increased mechanization, synthetic fertilizers, a dizzying array of pesticides (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, etc.), Crop diversity has decreased by 75% since 1950. and various production technologies.

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Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This guide outlines the essential agronomic considerations for optimizing yield and quality in potato crops. Temperature and maturity: Sandy loam soils tend to warm up quickly in spring, allowing for earlier planting and faster crop establishment. as the crop matures. Optimal tissue levels are 4.5–5.5% for nitrogen, 0.3–0.5%

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Farmers utilize a range of modern toolsfrom task management applications and drones that monitor crop health to sensors and software that help forecast yields. From precision farming techniques using GPS-guided tractors to the use of drones for crop monitoring, technology is transforming how farmers manage their land.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Today, the Mattives farm 2,000 acres of certified seed potatoes, a specialized crop that begins in their tissue culture lab, where a single plant is carefully propagated into tens of thousands. Through sustainable practices like crop rotation and soil management techniques, they ensure long-term productivity and the highest quality potatoes.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 11, 2025

By focusing on natural inputs, it ensures healthier crops and soil, providing long-term benefits for both farmers and consumers. Organic Oats Farming emphasizes the use of organic fertilizers, crop rotations, and green manures to maintain soil fertility.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Organic curry farming involves cultivating curry plants without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic curry farming promotes ecological balance by emphasizing soil fertility and water conservation.

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Hartwood Farm

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I wanted to name this “Ignoring the (Crop Rotation) Experts,” but that title is way too loaded these days! However, in terms of crop rotation, I increasingly find the rigidity of ideas on how to do it chafing. Crop rotation is one of the funny areas in gardening full of super rigid ideas and proscriptions.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 7, 2025

But tending to a few easy-to-grow crops? Adding a few easy crops to a sunny spot in your yard or container on your patio will help you save at the store. Before diving into the list of good crops for beginner growers , I want to make a few notes on what I mean by easy to grow. Well, thats more manageable.

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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.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Kava has endured a long history of adversity, said Lakea Trask, a Hawaiian farmer and local activist who cultivates kava and other Native crops for Kanaka Kava , his familys farm-to-table restaurant in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island. Fertile rainforests were razed for sugarcane fields, then abandoned after the industrys collapse in the 1990s.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

One cause of self-inflicted soil acidification is the excess use of nitrogen fertilizers like ammonium sulfate and urea because two H + are released each time an ammonium (NH 4 + ) ion is converted to nitrate (NO 3 - ). 2 Nitrogen Source Fertilizer Analysis (N-P-K) Lime Required (lb CaCO 3 /lb N) Anhydrous ammonia 82-0-0 1.8

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Cropaia

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This process is particularly crucial in leguminous crops such as soybeans, peas, and alfalfa, which heavily rely on molybdenum for efficient nitrogen fixation. This antagonistic effect of sulfur on molybdenum uptake can result in impaired nitrogen fixation in leguminous crops and other metabolic imbalances in plants.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Organic tomatoes farming focuses on growing tomatoes without synthetic chemicals or fertilizers, promoting healthier and more sustainable agriculture. This method relies on natural inputs like compost and crop rotation to maintain soil fertility and reduce pests.

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