Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. I could triple [production] and still be able to operate it from my home,” says DiLillo.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Well, as it happens, my colleagues and I recently checked out a project the Crop Trust is supporting in Suriname that involves the regeneration and safety duplication in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault of Maroon rice varieties. Bambara groundnut), as seeds lost viability during the farmer’s absence.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 4, 2023

On most farms, a crop field is a timestamp that reflects a specific moment in a specific place. With their meticulously selected collection of approximately 1,300 crop varieties, farmers Zaid and Haifa Kurdieh have gathered generations of global agricultural activity on about 250 acres in Chenango County, New York.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 23, 2023

Farmers Weekly Cereal growers are being urged to reduce the risk of aphid-borne barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) by controlling volunteer cereals through desiccation or cultivation well before drilling their next cereal crop.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 18, 2024

Diversifying the UK Agrifood System: A Role for Neglected and Underutilised Crops. On-farm crop diversity, conservation, importance and value: a case study of landraces from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Cultivating prosperity in Rwanda: the impact of high-yield biofortified bean seeds on farmers’ yield and income.

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Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This guide outlines the essential agronomic considerations for optimizing yield and quality in potato crops. Seed tubers should be planted 10–15 cm deep, with in-row spacing of 20–30 cm and row spacing of 75–90 cm. Heavy clay soils, on the other hand, can cling to tubers, making it harder to separate soil from the crop during harvest.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Legume crops are plants that belong to the family Fabaceae, commonly known as legumes. These crops are characterized by their unique seed pods, which contain ed

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds. Conserving the genetic diversity of domesticated species needs to combine traditional knowledge and seeds. Yes, definitely archaeology is needed too.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to precision farming, implement drift is one factor that can play havoc with field operations, such as planting and strip tillage, and the precise placement of seed and fertilizer and other inputs. Read More

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Soybean farming is a significant agricultural practice due to the crop’s versatile uses and high economic value. Soybeans (Glycine max) are a leguminous crop widely cultivated for their protein-rich seeds, which are used in various products such as soy oil, animal feed, and soy-based foods.

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Food Tank

JULY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, he says, many crops, particularly Indigenous crops, have been lost over time and are no longer cultivated. As part of his project, which is supported by a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation, Johnson is bringing back traditional varieties of Hopi crops, planting them at three different locations.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Cereal crops are a type of grass cultivated for their edible seeds, known as grains. These crops play a vital role in global agriculture, providing food for bot

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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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Agric4profits

JULY 23, 2024

Millet spikelets are a fundamental component of the millet plant, which is a group of small-seeded grasses widely cultivated as cereal crops. These spikelets ar

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Specialism in science being what it is, it’s understandably unusual to see papers which combine combine analysis of genetic diversity in humans over time with that of crops, or indeed livestock. An Evolutionary Approach to the History of Barley ( Hordeum vulgare ) Cultivation in the Canary Islands. 2nd–15th centuries CE).

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It is designed to work just 20mm deep to encourage volunteers and weed seeds to germinate without losing too much moisture from post-harvest stubbles. Farmers Weekly Part mulcher, part harrow is how German firm Saphir describes its novel Grindstar.

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Agric4profits

AUGUST 24, 2023

Soybean pods are the reproductive structures of the soybean plant (Glycine max), which is a leguminous crop widely cultivated for its edible seeds, commonly

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Agric4profits

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Oil crops are plants cultivated primarily for the extraction of oil from their seeds, fruits, or nuts. These crops play a crucial role in global agriculture and

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sugarcane seeds are a fundamental element in the propagation and cultivation of sugarcane, one of the world's most important crops. Despite sugarcane being prim

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Meanwhile, research and plant breeding efforts are underway to explore and expand its potential as a sustainable low-input, high-value crop that could figure into the future of small farms throughout the eastern U.S. The Canadian NC1 ripens early, with fewer smooth black seeds than other varieties. A pawpaw tree in winter.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2023

On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Jantzi and Maizex Seeds agronomist Henry Prinzen dig into the farm’s weed control strategy, which is designed to deliver high-yielding organic. Weed control in organic soybeans can be challenging but new technology is helping Brandon Jantzi and his family keep it clean at Janlan Farms near Baden, Ont.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Krishna Bista grew up on a diversified farm in her native Bhutan, where her family cultivated sweet potatoes, ginger, corn, wheat, millet, citrus and cardamom. For Doli Wikongo, a refugee farmer employee who grew up cultivating bananas and rice in her native Congo, New Leaf has been a lifeline.

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Agric4profits

JULY 16, 2024

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), evergreen shrub or tree of the sumac family (Anacardiaceae), cultivated for its characteristically curved edible seeds, which

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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. This initiative trains future plant breeders and develops new crop varieties specifically suited for organic systems.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Waving fields of wheat once stippled the sunny lands of San Diego County, but higher-value crops supplanted it more than a century ago. On a sparkling spring day in March, Ellis and a crew of volunteers gathered at Rio Del Rey Farm to pull weeds from rows of experimental dry-farmed wheat crops. He’s been collecting seeds for years. “I

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Agric4profits

JULY 23, 2024

Millet seeds are small, round grains that have been cultivated for thousands of years. Originating in Africa and Asia, they are now grown in many parts of the w

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Cassava seeds are the reproductive units of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta), a tropical root crop widely cultivated for its starchy tuberous roots.

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ProAg

AUGUST 11, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the insurance coverage options for specialty crops and other actual production history (APH) crop programs. The expansion of enterprise units gives more producers the same options for discounted insurance coverage as row crops.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Growing a greater variety of crops helps with climate adaptation and works as a mitigation measure as well. The wider range of these crops, the more stable the food supply. Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

This rule will disproportionally stifle innovation by publicly supported federal and academic plant breeders and smaller plant breeding companies, inhibiting their development of new varieties, particularly of specialty and other smaller acreage crops. These characteristics have been sought after by plant breeders for centuries.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Seed detective Adam Alexander travels to the Kor çë region to discover how regenerative horticulture is holding up. My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 28, 2024

Which crop biodiversity is used by the food industry throughout the world? Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. A first evidence for legume species. Mainly soy, alas. But documenting knowledge will be key in either case.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Salt-Tolerant Crops: Time to Deliver. Sure, breeding for salt tolerance using crop wild relatives is great, but have you tried just domesticating salt-tolerant wild species? Wild and cultivated comestible plant species in the Gulf of Mexico: phylogenetic patterns and convergence of type of use. Let’s put them back on the plate!

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ATTRA

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Nevada Department of Agriculture’s Foundation Seed Program is accepting applications for free native seed for cultivation. The Foundation Seed Program aims to provide free native seed to producers so they may increase Nevada’s available seed stock to support restoration efforts.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

My previous post was focused on the carbon footprint of crop transportation from the lettuce production regions on the West Coast of the US to East Coast Markets. In order to properly address soil cultivation carbon impact, all of these must be included. of the American Farmland Trust. When we add another 0.31

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this episode of Voices from the Field , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Gabriella Soto-Velez talks with Bonnetta Adeeb, founder of Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, a nonprofit collective of BIPOC growers, farmers, and gardeners who cultivate and distribute heirloom seeds and grow culturally meaningful crops.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They are documenting Lincoln’s living cover crop system, where he undersows Dutch white clover into vegetables after the last cultivation in July. He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure.

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