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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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 24, 2024

In addition to concerns about impacts on food production and sensitive ecosystems, some critics argue that converting thousands of acres of agricultural land to utility-scale solar arrays would compromise the character of rural regions. You can think of community solar as a multi-benefit “cover crop” for land that might otherwise go unused.

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Daily Yonder

JUNE 28, 2024

Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Enjoy our conversation about postwar trucking culture, crop insurance, and English perspectives on the countryside, below. My parents’ generation contended with the wrenching transformation of the rural economy in the second half of the 20th century.

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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. The country has pioneered a move towards agroecology for two decades and has already seen a 4 percent improvement in rural food security.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. improving irrigation efficiency, restoring pasture, cover cropping, or nutrient and pest management).

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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

EPA’s program objectives for the GGRF: to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants; to deliver benefits to American communities, particularly low-income and disadvantaged communities; and to mobilize financing and private capital to stimulate additional deployment of greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects.

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Agribusiness Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Increases in financing limits for producers unable to obtain credit from a traditional financial institution, including continued resources for new, young, beginning, and veteran farmers. Support for rural broadband infrastructure. Enhancements to programs to support rural health, childcare, and workforce development.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I had to admit, although I was managing the finances, the milking herd, and the crops, it probably wasnt me or anyone else in the family. However, on balance I would argue that this has not been good for rural America. Resilience, livelihoods, and a rural way of life have been sacrificed on the altar of efficiency and progress.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

I want to grow crops that are calorie- and nutrient-dense, and store well, like beans, winter squash, sweet potatoes, and dent cornbut these require a lot of land. With these crops in mind, my farming partner and I have started the journey to transition part of our land to tractor farming. Another barrier is knowledge.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Othow went to law school to learn more about the financing and regulation of solar power, and after gaining real-world experience with Strata Clean Energy in Chapel Hill, she struck out on her own with EnerWealth in 2017. Based in Oxford, North Carolina, the company’s goal is to maximize the benefits of the solar boom for rural communities.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. If we strategically focus on improving processes in the highest two categories, we could potentially reduce the causes of low crop yield by 72% on this farm.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 18, 2023

CEI’s subsidiary, CEI Capital Management, was part of arranging financing for Premium Peanut through the federal New Markets Tax Credit. As a start-up with no historical performance in a competitive commodity market, the company struggled to secure traditional bank financing for equipment and facilities.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Women in rural areas are the labor workforce in Africa’s food system,” says Marème Niang Belko, Agronomist at CERAAS. Women need better access to and control over resources like agricultural technologies, land, quality seeds, inputs, extension services, finance, and markets to increase their productivity and economic growth, says Maiga.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. The environmental restoration of each farm is only one part of our program.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Agroforestry—the integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems—has been used since ancient times to produce fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and medicinal herbs. A small sheep herd that was on the property from when her parents farmed the land was integrated into organic crop rotation. They were a rough crew of sheep!”

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Sustainable Harvest International

JUNE 12, 2024

For family farmers, crops are a lifeline and livelihood, making them acutely aware of the need to care for the land. Droughts reduce water availability in Honduras and throughout Central America, endangering the livelihoods of rural farmers. Climate change threatens soil, water, and land needed to grow fresh, organic food.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2024

In announcing the rule, Administrator Ducheanauex remarked: “ The changes in this rule signal a producer-centric approach to finance. Our tools can now be used to provide borrowers the financial freedom and flexibility to improve profitability and resilience.

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Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 9, 2024

Starting and running a farm can feel daunting, especially for rural women who lack support and resources. The uncertainty of success and the lack of education and financing prevent many rural women from starting their own farms. At Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), we understand the challenges women rural farmers face.

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Trimble Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

If you’re a rural landowner, you know as well as us that land is your most valuable asset and must be used wisely to build long-term financial success. Throughout our years of navigating both the financial and ag markets, we’ve learned a thing or two when it comes to farm finance. What happens if I experience financial hardship?

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists concluded that the cost for rural Iowa residents—who often live in areas with smaller, more expensive water systems—could be as much as $4,960 more per person per year to filter out nitrates from their water than their counterparts in cities like Des Moines. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative Pennsylvania has taken a proactive approach to address food deserts through the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. Illinois' Healthy Food Financing Act Illinois has enacted the Healthy Food Financing Act to support efforts to alleviate food deserts.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

She points to Dirt Capital, which works with farmers in financing farmland, including through shared ownership models. And while AcreTrader emphasizes “land stewardship,” Pereyra pointed to how the company currently limits these rental partnerships to “row crop, permanent crop, and timber.”

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress can ultimately see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs through RCPP, as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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Daily Yonder

JULY 12, 2023

But they receive less than 2% of global climate financing. Photo courtesy of Root Capital) Breeding new varieties of crops is one way farmers are working to mitigate the impacts of a changing climate, he said. Teague added that 95% of the world’s farms are small-scale, but they only receive 2% of climate financing.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2024

He also was a professor at California State University, Fresno’s School of Agricultural Economics, where he taught Ag Finance and Ag Accounting for 26 years. Without a clear financial plan and regular discussions about finances, farmers can make poor decisions that have long-term consequences. Another issue is a lack of documentation.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

farmland market trends directly affect the equity and borrowing power of rural landowners. In contrast, regions with lower appreciation have experienced more modest gains due to a mixture of factors, including market demand, crop prices, and historical farmland market trends. percent, respectively.

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Read key takeaways for farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners from the USDA’s September 2024 farm income forecast. Rural community stakeholders across the U.S. Look for ways to diversify your income sources, such as exploring new crops, livestock, or agribusiness ventures.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Access to credit allows farmers to purchase the supplies they need and to get crops in the ground before the fruits of that labor are available. To streamline access to farm ownership loans, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act would reduce the requirement for three years of farming experience to one year.

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The Equation

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, it can reduce crop yields or augment water demands as some plants, like crops, will require more water to survive and produce fruit. In California alone, crop revenue losses due to drought totaled $3.0 Implications for California The increasing trend of vapor pressure deficit in California is concerning.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. The History of US Seed Breeding For most of the history of domesticated crops, those who grew crops saved seeds from one growing season to the next.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 24, 2024

For instance, precision ag data can help farmers apply fertilizers and pesticides more accurately, leading to better crop health and reduced input costs. Securing financing through institutions like AgAmerica can help farmers overcome this hurdle and access the benefits of modern agricultural technology.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 3, 2024

The Capital for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act directs the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to develop a multi-year operating loan pilot for beginning farmers to finance initial assets and the development of production and management systems.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

He hadn’t considered including backyard gardens in rural areas in the sample, he said, even though city gardens were. “We We were not necessarily attempting to compare urban and rural food production,” he said. “In It’s almost like comparing apples to oranges,” she said. The community garden is not set up to maximize production.”

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A revolving line of credit (RLOC) is a popular way to manage cash flow while financing all those expenses—this type of loan functions just like a typical credit card but without a high interest rate. In addition, RLOCs are essentially a way to finance your Colorado farm’s expenses until you sell your crop, livestock, or product.

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Tillable

MARCH 26, 2024

American AgCredit specializes in providing financial services to agricultural and rural customers in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada and Oklahoma, and serves capital market customers throughout the United States. By combining CamoAg’s software platform with American AgCredit’s decades-long expertise working with U.S.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Funding from supplemental and ad hoc programs, like the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) is predicted to decline compared to 2023. Many farmers are hopeful that the 2023 farm bill will include more funding for important programs like crop insurance.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Marc Rosenbohm, senior research associate with the University of Missouri’s Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute, discusses the crop outlook during the 2023 Abner Womack Missouri Agriculture Outlook Conference on April 12 in Columbia. Projected farm-related outlays decline in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

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