Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 25, 2024

Frugivory by carnivores: Black-backed jackals are key dispersers of seeds of the scented !nara Jackals pee on wild melon relatives and disperse their seeds, not necessarily in that order. Out of the Shadows: Reestablishing the Eastern Fertile Crescent as a Center of Agricultural Origins: Part 1. nara melon in the Namib Desert.

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Fertilizer Ecology Seeding Crop 163

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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Fertilizer Seeding Farming Farming 240

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2024

There are more than a few seeding, fertilizing, and scouting questions to wade through in this week’s Wheat Pete’s Word podcast, and that’s exactly how host Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson likes it.

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Fertilizer Yield Seeding Production 222

Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa. Genetic modification can improve crop yields — but stop overselling it. parasitism in major cereal crops for enhanced crop production and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review.

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Agroecology Fertilizer Food Crop Yield 148

Real Agriculture

JUNE 4, 2024

Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School. Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School. How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? Read More How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding?

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Yield Seeding Fertilizer Production 309

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 7, 2024

The corn crop in Ontario is on-trend for an average finishing date, as are the soybeans, as both crops ran into poor planting conditions, says Peter. The corn crop in Ontario is on-trend for an average finishing date, as are the soybeans, as both crops ran into poor planting conditions, says Peter. Read More

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Seeding Crop Manure Fertilizer 190

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. It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 127

Real Agriculture

JULY 1, 2024

Proper staging is important for understanding how to scout and manage corn, whether for timing fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide or fungicide applications. Read More Proper staging is important for understanding how to scout and manage corn, whether for timing fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide or fungicide applications.

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Fertilizer Yield Seeding Production 196

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 29, 2023

Biotone Fertilizer provides nutrition and nourishment to plants. In addition, Microbes which are part of a Biotone Fertilizer are generally known as any microorganisms that are too small to see with the naked eye, which is why a microscope is used to view them. It’s the most basic starter plant food. dollars or 1454 rupees.

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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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Crop Cash Crop Seeding Harvest 91

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Heading into a the new year with depressed crop prices, growers will be looking to sharpen their pencils this winter to optimize input investment, including everything from seed and weed control Read More

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Yield Seeding Crop Fertilizer 135

Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Switching to agroecology offers a way to produce food within diverse landscapes growing and nurturing different crops, livestock and fisheries suited to the conditions and communities that live in the area. Smallholders are witnessing the recovery of the fertility and moisture levels of their soils, higher productivity and competitiveness.

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Industrial Agriculture Agroecology Food Agriculture 144

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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Food Seeding Poultry Crop 111

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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Seeding Farming Farming Orchard 129

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite an extremely dry September that played havoc with plant establishment, the winter wheat crop across Ontario appears to be packing plenty of yield potential as it heads into the dormant winter months. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Wheat Pete Johnson says the crop is not as big as he had hoped estimates peg it between Read More

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Yield Crop Fertilizer Seeding 168

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. Therefore, adequate molybdenum levels are necessary for optimal seed formation and viability. Furthermore, sulfur has an acidifying effect on the soil.

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Crop Fertilizer Mechanics Seeding 83

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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Fertilizer Compost Crop Distribution 68

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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Grain Seeding Farming Farming 103

Agric4profits

JULY 21, 2024

Sorghum seeds, produced by the Sorghum bicolor plant, are the reproductive units that develop from fertilized ovaries and are essential for the propagation and

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Seeding Fertilizer Production Crop 59

World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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Finance Seeding Fertilizer biotechnology 52

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. Periodic mowing keeps it under control and adds a green manure mulch to the crops.

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Crop Plowing Farming Farming 79

World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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Finance Seeding Fertilizer biotechnology 52

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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Food Crop Marketing Production 126

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. 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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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 96

NASDA

JANUARY 30, 2024

Or it could lead to less use of inputs and, without the use of pesticides, farmers can lose up to 80% of their crops annually due to pests and disease. Without the savings from the MTB, it could lead to increased prices of final agricultural commodities, raising the cost of food and jeopardizing global competitiveness.

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Production Fertilizer 130

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 11, 2023

The biological market in agriculture is growing exponentially, as many companies are investing in development and introducing products that contain bacteria or fungi that are supposed to provide a significant benefit to a farmer’s crop or soil. Read More

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Marketing Production Crop Agriculture 214

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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Seeding Crop Science Minor Crop 130

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 9, 2024

Much more than just a crop, corn has been a fundamental part of Mexican life since time immemorial, with the Mayan sacred text the Popol Vuh relating that the creator gods Tepeu and Gucumatz formed the first human beings from maíz , as corn is known in Spanish. A kaleidoscope of native corn varieties, plus colorful beans in a range of shades.

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Crop Plantation Seeding Agriculture 86

Food Tank

AUGUST 1, 2023

About the size of a wine cork, a seedball is a mass of organic matter including ash, soil, urine, and pearl millet seeds. The seedballs contain a dense powerhouse of nutrients and protective elements that give the enclosed seeds a greater chance to flourish in a challenging climate. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Fertilizer Seeding Crop Crop Yield 93

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects. It confirms what anyone whos planted seeds recently already knows. Micro Solar Leases: A New Income Stream for Black Farmers in the South?

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Pesticide Seeding Greenhouse Crop 85

UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

It is mid-summer, and that time of the year to order your winter cover crop seeds. In the previous article about winter cover crops for market gardens, I highlighted the important role winter cover crops play in providing diversity and building soil health. I consider this the Swiss Army knife of cover cropping.

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Seeding Cash Crop Crop Forage 93

Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Photo courtesy Leia Vita/Farmers’ Footprint) The public-facing farm, which was established in 2017, employs refugee farmers to cultivate crops for its CSA, Austin’s Mueller and Lakeline farmers’ markets and local restaurants and makers. Any leftover crops not used by the Bistas and their relatives are given to their neighbors.

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Crop Cultivation Textiles Farming 101

ATTRA

APRIL 23, 2024

Well, annual crop farmers have been using cover crops to build soil health and increase diversity for eons. Annual cover crops add carbon to the soil to improve soil aggregation and conserve water, and graziers can add cover crops, and graze them, to get the same benefits. Sorghum-sudan pasture. Sorghum-sudan pasture.

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Pasture Crop Seeding Crop Rotation 52

Agric4profits

JUNE 21, 2024

Okra seeds are contained within capsules that develop from the ovary of the okra flower (Abelmoschus esculentus) after successful pollination and fertilization.

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Seeding Fertilizer Production Crop 45

Cropaia

MAY 20, 2023

Planting density is a crucial factor in agriculture that significantly influences crop yield and quality. Determining the optimal planting density involves considering various factors, such as plant size and growth habit, soil fertility, water and nutrient availability, and climate and weather conditions.

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Crop Yield Yield Crop Seeding 52

Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Wheat is one of the world’s most essential staple crops, providing essential carbohydrates and nutrients for a significant portion of the global population. This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation.

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Yield Seeding Grain Crop Rotation 52

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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Farming Farming Crop Acre 118