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. Farmers can potentially tap into higher-value markets with specialty crops and value-added products. Their incomes and livelihoods improved considerably.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

Occasionally as farmers and business owners, we need to find financing to support or grow our businesses. In this blog post, we'll explore what financing looks like for both lenders and agricultural producers and the steps to help you as a farmer find financing and other funding for your farm.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

A cash advance provides farmers with access to low-interest financing through their unsold crop and livestock inventory. Every year, thousands of Canadian farmers meet their fall cash flow needs through an Advance Payments Program cash advance from Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA). Read More

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Real Agriculture

JULY 31, 2023

RJ Sigurdson, the MLA for Highwood, has been appointed to the position, with former ag minister Nate Horner moving to the finance portfolio. RJ Sigurdson, the MLA for Highwood, has been appointed to the position, with former ag minister Nate Horner moving to the finance portfolio. Read More

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Creative, Collaborative Financing Without Dirt Capital Partners and Foodshed Capital , this next chapter might not have been possible. Each—from Steward to Iroquois Valley to RSF Social Finance —uses a different approach to give a leg up to farmers who might not otherwise qualify for financing. Graham’s chickens will help here.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Based in Moose Jaw, Global Ag Risk Solutions (or GARS) offers innovative whole-farm, private insurance products to help farmers manage production costs and protect crop profit margins…. Hub announced the acquisition on November 5. Hub announced the acquisition on November 5. Read More

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Many farmers use spring advances to help cover the cost of planting a new crop, using crop insurance or AgriStability coverage as collateral. Read More

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

The SDGs need proper long-term financing , say Prof. Maybe he’d like to have a look at the the Crop Trust’s endowment fund for SDG 2.5 ? Those farming project don’t have to involve orphan crops , but it wouldn’t hurt. Extension workers need to be better at identifying different crop varieties.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 19, 2023

For example, it can assist in monitoring crops, optimizing irrigation, and even predicting weather patterns to make farming more efficient and productive. This enables lenders to track key performance indicators, such as crop health, yield forecasts, and financial metrics. AI and agriculture are a powerful duo.

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A financial expert talks about planning for the 2025 crop year and keeping the long view on your business.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

AUGUST 22, 2023

should consider targeting additional research funding toward,” among other things, “crop diversity and nutrition.” Though actually probably most of the other five priority research areas she comes up with could also have had “crop diversity” added to the title. Jess Fanzo recommend that “the U.S.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The lack of bullish news on both the supply and demand sides of the balance sheets for most major crops has resulted in prices sliding over the last few. The lack of bullish news on both the supply and demand sides of the balance sheets for most major crops has resulted in prices sliding over the last few. Read More

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Food Tank

MARCH 22, 2025

Examples of adaptation technologies include drought-resistant crop varieties, climate-smart irrigation systems, and agroforestry practices, which help conserve water, protect soils, and improve crop yields under changing conditions. Only a small share of climate finance goes to agrifood systems, she says.

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Trimble Agriculture

MARCH 24, 2025

agriculture and farm financing. As much as 68 percent of large-scale crop-producing farms utilized precision agriculture technologies, such as guidance autosteering systems, yield monitors, and soil mapping tools. farmers, AgAmerica is working hard to provide flexible and innovative financing to support their success and growth.

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Western FarmPress

MAY 6, 2024

Finance First: Consider all aspects of expanding acres, adding specialty crops or starting a new ag business.

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AgWeb Farm Journal

JULY 10, 2023

Platow Brief, a banking and finance publication, says new Bayer AG CEO Bill Anderson and team are working on a deal to spin off the division to improve the pharma giant's financial wellbeing and placate investors.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 18, 2025

Congress included $10 billion in last Decembers spending bill to compensate those farmers for low crop prices and high input costs. The USDA also said it will streamline the process by sending pre-filled applications to farmers who are eligible: The program is for growers of corn, soybeans, rice, sorghum, oilseeds, and other row crops.

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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. That’s a problem, because if your microbes get outcompeted in a matter of days, they can’t make a meaningful amount of fertilizer over the crop growing season. and internationally.

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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. That’s a problem, because if your microbes get outcompeted in a matter of days, they can’t make a meaningful amount of fertilizer over the crop growing season. and internationally.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The new financing, co-led by BMO Impact Investment Fund and S2G Ventures , will propel Sound toward profitability and support the launch of bioinspired nutrient efficiency solutions that empower growers to achieve healthier soils, thriving crops, and climate-friendly farming practices.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

When financial input is a constraint, the farm manager must prudently decide how available finance should be allocated among many possible alternatives. Decisions are to be made on the best allocation of limited financial input among various hectares of crops, different types of livestock, and other agricultural enterprises.

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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. This way, soils store more organic carbon especially when cover crops are combined with no-till management.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

Enjoy our conversation about postwar trucking culture, crop insurance, and English perspectives on the countryside, below. How’d you decide to focus on the industries that cropped up around farming, instead of the act of farming itself? Photo by Christopher Paul High on Unsplash. Photo provided by Hamilton.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Malawi’s largest independent smallholder farmers association is working to help producers improve crop yields and adapt to the climate crisis while promoting gender equity. They are also producing crops that they previously felt they could not produce. They’re not able to really get out of poverty.”

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Conexus Credit Union has launched a new fund aimed at supporting farmers looking to buy land, livestock, equipment, or buildings. The $100 million Ag Grow Fund offers discounted interest rates, no application fees, and no age limit restrictions.

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World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We define regenerative food systems as outcome-focused, healthy, inclusive, and adapted to local community and crop needs. While consumers and farmers lack the capacity to finance this transformation, government and businesses have the capacity and are well-positioned to benefit from the investment.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

For example, Anna Lappé, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, called for the US$7 trillion of subsidies aimed at monoculture commodity crops and harmful agri-food practices to be redirected towards nature-positive food systems and produce.

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World Agri-Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This is an area that will contribute significantly to venture returns in ag in the next decade, she noted, citing its potential to modify crop traits and help growers respond to stressors in-season. Next-generation crop protection emerged as a shared priority. Survivors with little competition will have the edge.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

World Wildlife Fund, an organization with a longstanding interest in how agriculture affects the planet, is pushing one idea it thinks would benefit not just the Delta but the country as a whole: Delta farmers could start growing more food that people actually eatspecialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, and other high-value foods.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Initially, farmers and corporations alike wade into the shallow end, implementing relatively simple and inexpensive techniques such as cover cropping and minimal tillage to optimize for soil health and carbon sequestration. In the deep end, outcomes are sought to benefit the farmers and stewards of whole landscapes themselves.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 8, 2023

A year after its launch, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing program announced that 83% of participating farmers who completed program requirements met environmental standards for fertilizer efficiency and soil health practices, while also meeting or exceeding national crop yield benchmarks. interest rate rebate.

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Food Tank

APRIL 1, 2025

Mbathio Mbaye, a farmer and mother of three holding her newest baby of just one month in her arms, explains how she got involved in the cooperative andmore importantlyhow things look different for her field, family and finances. Our crops dont grow and reach maturity. Now Im all grown up. These challenges are far from unique to Mabo.

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Food Tank

JULY 1, 2024

And the investment community needs to step up to the plate: Food systems receive 3 percent of total public climate finance, lagging far behind energy and transport. The food system can’t change overnight, but the flow of finance can,” says Dharshan Wignarajah, UK Director of the Climate Policy Initiative.

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Food Tank

MAY 10, 2024

The awardees “have done critical work to advance global crop biodiversity and conserve over 6,000 varieties of crops and culturally important plants which has had a direct impact in addressing hunger around the world,” says Secretary of State Antony Blinken. million varieties.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

When farmers adopt new techniques, including intercropping—the practice of growing different climate-friendly plants such as yams or cassava among their crops—they can not only improve the sustainability of their production methods. So we advocate for a rights based approach for access to finance for women.”

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 23, 2023

A 2020 report from the Department of Agriculture showed that more farmers are selecting less labor-intensive crops, investing in labor-saving technology, and developing strategies to increase productivity. The technology also allows crops to be picked at exactly the right time, which minimizes crop loss.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Begin by assessing the purpose of your landwhether it's for crop production, livestock grazing, forestry, or a combination of activities. Takeaways: Identify the type of farming you want to pursue (crop, livestock, mixed). You might also take a look at this article on how to finance your farm 5.

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