Caff

MAY 31, 2023

Through this collaboration, Chris Locke dedicated himself to cover cropping and no-till and was able to revitalize his soil’s health. Photos by Nolan Kirby and Moet Takata) Karen Lowell outlines what growers should consider when planting cover crops. The cover crop consists of vetch, triticale, peas, and fava bean.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 10, 2025

Farming and ranching involve the fields of biology, ecology, chemistry, botany, physics, geology, meteorology, politics, economics, psychology and mechanics, just to name a few. Introducing fallow periods into a cropping rotation also speeds up water table rise in these environments. Its much more complex than that.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

In this article, we will delve into the world of woolly aphids, exploring their behavior, lifecycle, ecological impact, specific control methods, and additional preventive measures to effectively manage and protect our green spaces. Vegetables Although less common, some vegetable crops can also be affected by woolly aphids.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

From losing seed crops as wildfires rage for weeks, losing entire crops due to erratic freezes, to losing farms as drought dries up available water, farmers’ risks are rising. Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management.

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CalCAN

MARCH 27, 2023

Farmers and ranchers in our network have lost crops, livestock, and structures, been evacuated (some multiple times), and had their operations disrupted by smoke, public safety power shutoffs, or loss of insurance. These high-intensity, uncontrolled wildfires are both exacerbated by and contribute to climate change.

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RR2CS

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But on the farm, the ground well wasn’t providing enough water to irrigate crops, so they had to build a dug-out, an expensive but essential investment that cost upwards of $30,000. The land had been used for conventional grain for decades, and as a result, some of his first crops were outcompeted by wild oats.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

Regenerative agriculture can cover a vast array of approaches and systems but it is based around five principles: don’t disturb the soil; keep the soil surface covered; keep living roots in the soil; grow a diverse range of crops; and bring grazing animals back to the land. “If

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Some distance away the farmer sits in front of a computer monitoring the data collected by these devices, using this to make decisions about selling their crops and selecting next year’s seeds. For instance, the ability to repair farm equipment locally or have it serviced by a nearby mechanic was deemed important by several farmers.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 8, 2024

Stress in the nest Birds nesting near agricultural lands may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of heat, says Katherine Lauck, a doctoral candidate in ecology at UC Davis and the lead author of a paper published in Science that examined the effects of heat stress on birds. And so I think people can see that there is value in birds.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When it comes to North American farming, by contrast, people might picture wooden fences, wire fencing or terracing between one type of crop and another. North American farmers are also loath to reduce the size of their crop-producing land by adding a living border or to deal with potential difficulties when the hedgerows require maintenance.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. For example, the Sustainable Markets Initiative, convened by His Majesty King Charles, is bringing together food companies, farmers and financial actors to trial new financial mechanisms to support regenerative farming.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We’ve spent a couple of generations exiting historically normal tasks and behavior, from integrating livestock and crops, growing gardens, buying locally and cultivating domestic culinary arts. Floating on a sea of cheap energy, these facilities promised mechanized farming and pharmaceutical health. SEGREGATED VERSUS INTEGRATED.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hes also an accountant, squaring the numbers for his central Minnesota farm by hand; a herder, rotating 75 cows between pastures; a crop farmer, raising 300 acres of feed like corn and hay; and a mechanic, repairing the equipment necessary to tend that acreage.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

At one point, the director asked Van Lent to run the numbers on a small ecological project; he’d gotten a call from Governor Bob Graham, he said, who was being pestered by some old lady about doing something to save the Everglades. Local farmers like to tout the wide range of vegetables grown here, but the dominant crop, by far, is sugar.

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