Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Farm income is expected to take a turn in 2025, after two years of consecutive decline. agricultural economy faced financial headwinds in 2024, but new USDA farm income projections indicate that net farm income will increase in 2025, largely due to the substantial rise in government payments. Its no secret that the U.S.

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NASDA

MARCH 18, 2024

Our nation’s farmers, applicators, consumers, and other users rely on quality pesticide registration decisions and guidance from federal regulators to allow for the meaningful use of pesticidal tools while ensuring both human health and our environment are protected. million for the operations of EPA-OPP. While FY2024 did provide $1.0

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Technology is transforming many traditional industries, and farming is no exception. Lets explore the landscape of modern farming and uncover the role data plays. Understanding Data-Driven Farming Farming today is more than just relying on instinct or what was done in the past. What Kind of Data is Being Used?

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Civil Eats

JULY 24, 2024

More and more pesticides approved for use on U.S. farm fields qualify as “forever chemicals,” new research shows, raising questions around their long-term environmental and public health consequences. Of course, fluorination is not unique to the pesticide industry, said A. The EPA took steps to address that contamination.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

It also necessitates petroleum-based pesticides, from fungicides to herbicides, to ward off weeds and stop sprouting. Irrigation and farm equipment also depend on fossil fuels. Another 38 percent comes from retail consumption and waste; and the rest is from industrial inputs (like pesticides and fertilizer) and agriculture production.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Jute farming is vital for many rural communities, providing income and employment to millions of farmers. Jute plants grow quickly, with a harvest period of about 4-6 months, making it an excellent crop for seasonal farming. Jute is a rain-fed crop, requiring minimal pesticides and fertilizers compared to other commercial crops.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year was a pretty hot and dry year, but still, some of the crops I raised did pretty well, he says with a satisfied smile. Photo courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson) Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia. Photo courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson) Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 11, 2025

Organic Turnip Farming focuses on cultivating turnips using sustainable methods, free from synthetic chemicals and pesticides. Organic Turnip Farming supports biodiversity by integrating crop rotation, cover crops, and organic fertilizers.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Organic cashew farming focuses on growing cashew trees without the use of synthetic chemicals or pesticides. It emphasizes natural farming practices that enhance soil health, crop quality, and environmental sustainability.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 13, 2025

Organic Barley Farming is the practice of cultivating barley without the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic Barley Farming prioritizes the use of organic inputs like compost, manure, and cover crops to nourish the soil.

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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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Cropaia

JANUARY 13, 2025

In the fast-paced world of modern agriculture, adopting the right farm management software can be transformative. These platforms go beyond basic record-keeping, offering powerful tools to monitor, plan, and optimize your farm operations. The challenge lies in evaluating the vast array of tools available on the market.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Organic pepper farming focuses on cultivating peppers without synthetic chemicals or pesticides, ensuring healthier produce. Organic pepper farming encourages biodiversity by incorporating companion planting, crop rotation, and organic fertilizers. This sustainable approach benefits both the environment and consumers.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

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

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Representing State Lead Agencies in 43 states, NASDA members are tasked with numerous elements of pesticide regulation that are immediately impacted by this decision, including the administration, implementation, and enforcement of the production, labeling, distribution, sale, use, and disposal of pesticides under FIFRA.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Farmers Weekly The drive to reduce the use of artificial inputs is under way at Raby Farms in County Durham, with the business recognising the economic and environmental benefits of being less reliant on them.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Photo credit: Matt Ryan/Sandra Wayman Editor’s Note: This blog post is a guest post authored by Gordon Merrick, Senior Policy and Programs Manager at the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) and Mark Schonbeck, Research Associate, also at OFRF, which is an NSAC member.

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Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hi-Tech Farming: Storen from Syngenta is being billed as a new, strong residual herbicide for corn. Read about it and other new crop protection products.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It turns out a system that relies less on row crops isn’t just good for a time- and resource-strapped young farmer. Yet the bucolic scene belies an environmental problem roiling beneath the surface: The groundwater in this part of Minnesota is so contaminated with nitrates running off farm fields that the U.S.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Organic cocoyam farming involves growing cocoyam without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides. It offers a natural, eco-friendly approach to farming. Organic cocoyam farming supports healthier crops and the environment. This sustainable practice enhances soil health while promoting biodiversity.

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Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

Tom Farquhar planted several large plots of beneficial flowers around his vegetable farm in Montgomery County, Maryland. Once a conventional corn and soybean farm, the idea was to control pests at the Certified Naturally Grown operation by increasing the number of beneficial predator insects and spiders. Runoff from U.S.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

For example, soil and vegetation on farms remove carbon from the atmosphere, regulate hydrological flows, and shelter pollinators who pollinate crops. Two-thirds of the fertilizers applied on the farm are not available for the plants due to loss of organic matter. soil health and biodiversity) on their farms.

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The Equation

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Today, large corporate agribusinesses drain wetlands to expand their vast cropland and damage remaining wetlands with fertilizers, pesticides, and other pollutants running off of nearby agricultural fields. For example, the Farmable Wetlands Program helps farmers restore wetlands on their land.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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World Agri-Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

Less than 10% of pesticides and 33% of critical fertilizers used in farms actively contribute to crop protection and yield. In the United States alone, farmers apply $16 billion worth of pesticides and more than $30 billion in fertilizers annually, yet the ag-industry lacks critical insight on where all this value ends up.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. Forest Service to identify and collect other wild relatives of crops in this area. In the U.S. Arizona is the third driest state in the U.S. An Arizona Walnut tree.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

This year was a pretty hot and dry year, but still, some of the crops I raised did pretty well, he says with a satisfied smile. Dry farming has been a Hopi tradition for several millennia. For instance, the Dry Farming Institute in Oregon lists a dozen farms it partners with, growing anything from tomatoes to zucchini.

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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). The focus is on maintaining soil health, enhancing biodiversity, and following sustainable farming practices.

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Agwired

MARCH 11, 2025

The letter, sent to the heads of Health and Human Services, USDA, and EPA, specifically focuses on the importance of pesticides, biotechnology, and food and feed ingredients for farmers and consumers, and it highlights how these products are already well regulated to ensure their safe use.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Remember that family farms continue to feed 70 percent of the worlds population. Specialty crop export and global food trade are still only a minor part of the worlds food story. Local manufacturing of bio-inputs including fertilizers, bio- pesticides, and inoculants is booming.

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NASDA

MARCH 8, 2024

General Comments NASDA sopports USDA’s efforts to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through a suite of administrative and statutory programs – collectively referred to as the SCCI. NASDA believes the SCBG program must be flexible and state-driven in order to be nimble, locally responsive, and efficient.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

Dear Secretary Vilsack and Director Young: As the Administration develops its budget proposal for FY 2025, we respectfully urge you to once again protect crop insurance from harmful cuts. It is the certainty of the crop insurance program that provides critical reassurance to lenders.

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NASDA

JUNE 20, 2024

We support the efforts being undertaken by both career staff and the IWG to make progress on improving the process for Endangered Species Act (ESA) review for pesticide registration decisions. The IWG has made progress since the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill and its work should continue.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Armed with little more than ingenuity and entrepreneurial drive, microgreen growers are transforming the unused corners of their dwellings into profitable farming operations. 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.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Most of America’s farms are dependent on prodigious amounts of fossil fuels at every stage of production. From planting to harvest, farm machinery such as tractors and combines burn diesel fuel to churn out the raw materials for our food system. On-farm activities like irrigation rigs also require a lot of generated power.

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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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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Luiz Jiménez, 39, has been working on American dairy farms for 20 years. In 2019, the group helped in the fight to pass the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act (FLFLPA), a law that grants various labor rights such as collective bargaining, day of rest and overtime pay to farmworkers in the state of New York. And those 21.5

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