Agric4profits

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Squash style typically refers to the way in which squash plants (genus Cucurbita) are cultivated, pruned, and supported to promote healthy growth and maximize

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Caff

APRIL 22, 2021

Additional monitoring for spider mites and predatory insects will soon take place as part of a biological control experiment on three of the orchards with cover crops, which were planted in fall of 2020. “ Why take cover crop samples? “ Why take cover crop samples?”, ”, you might ask.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Some will have challenges as they seek operating credit for the 2025 crop year. Since the beginning of the year, the harvest price of major crops traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange have fallen by an average of 21% while total production costs remain near record levels. USDA forecasts the U.S.

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Daily Yonder

MAY 14, 2024

The hard hat is a minor inconvenience for Sweetland, but is emblematic of a broader question that researchers have been studying on this farm: How can agricultural lands support both crops and solar panels without hurting the other’s bottom line? If there’s something that maybe has a low-tech fix, they might figure a way around it.”

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Caff

MAY 1, 2023

After a very wet winter, attendees enjoyed the nice weather as they gathered in the orchard to discuss a novel mower prototype, pruning, and nematode management. The attendees then got to observe the mower in action as James mowed down a cover crop strip. Attendees gather in the cover cropped orchard to watch the mower demo.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Vegetables Although less common, some vegetable crops can also be affected by woolly aphids. As sap-sucking insects, they weaken and stress host plants, potentially leading to reduced crop yields and ornamental plant health. Fruit-bearing Vines Certain fruit-bearing vines, such as grapevines (Vitis spp.), and squash (Cucurbita spp.).

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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. He grows blackberries, kiwi berries, persimmons, and figs, which were his primary crop until pawpaws took the mantle.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JUNE 2, 2023

The idea is to create something valuable that incentivizes you to keep after the pruning. If you get to them with a machine and don’t destroy good crop trees you’d like to keep, popping them out with a loader is great. Over time, you can turn a fence line into a beautiful tree-lined linear space rather than an overgrown jumble.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 19, 2023

They also require regular watering, pruning and fertilizing throughout their lifespans so they don't die prematurely. Although these perennial trees are still prone to disease and damage from pests, they are generally stronger and require a bit less care than annual crops. Fruit trees need lots of sun and space to grow properly.

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Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

Coffee plants usually take three to four years to produce their first yield, making the crop a gamble at startup, but rising global demand may provide the incentive. As they prune, workers pile leaves and branches on the ground. In fact, coffee is increasingly grown in California , says Cleaveland. Mexico has nearly 1.5

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

According to a new research brief from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, cocoa prices are likely to remain elevated until a new African crop comes to market in late 2024. Registered voters support farmers and the protection provided by the crop insurance program, according to recently released data from National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS).

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Far Eastern Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Geospatial surveying: Certus Mini can augment drone solutions by providing accurate positioning and attitude without weighing the system down.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Vegetables Although less common, some vegetable crops can also be affected by woolly aphids. As sap-sucking insects, they weaken and stress host plants, potentially leading to reduced crop yields and ornamental plant health. Fruit-bearing Vines Certain fruit-bearing vines, such as grapevines (Vitis spp.), and squash (Cucurbita spp.).

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Caff

MAY 2, 2024

(Photo by Miguel Alvarez) The event, coordinated by Emma Centeno, took place against a whimsical backdrop of towering walnut trees – aged almost 45 years – interspersed with lush stands of blooming cover crop that rivaled people in height. The compost created from ground-up walnut prunings and cover crop mowings.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

Fitted out with long legs and a digestive system that thrives on fibrous, spiky, thorny and salty plants, they are designed for those parts of the world too dry for crop farming, places like the Gobi and Sahara deserts. In fact, until very recently they were not kept on farms at all.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

I attribute that to all the organic matter we have added to the soils, whether that has been chipped prunings (we have been incorporating them for almost 20 years), cover crop residue, or whole orchard recycling chips.”

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 7, 2023

Neighborhood volunteers choose what to grow, plan events and share harvested crops with food banks, nonprofit and faith-based meal programs and neighbors. Hundreds of volunteers take part in community work days and educational workshops on topics such as pruning fruit trees in winter. Credit: Boston Food Forest Coalition.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As secretary of the Northwest Holly Growers Association, he launched an aggressive defense of his crop. When the Legislature created the board in 1969, lawmakers defined “noxious weed” as any plant that harms “crops, livestock, or other property.” “This is a worst-case scenario. Once an allegation is made, your crop is guilty.”

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ATTRA

MAY 7, 2024

By Audrey Kolde, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Tea, a beverage enjoyed worldwide, is a subject of growing interest among specialty crop farmers in the Gulf South. Once you have your plants in the field, you’ll need to give them regular pruning and fertilization to ensure they grow well and produce optimal yields. the Camellia bush.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This landscape doesn’t strike you immediately as a place where you could be growing the best crops in the world. The healthiest olive oil The crops here are olives – specifically, olives pressed for oil – and the measure we are talking about is the health and nutritional quality of olive oil.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 29, 2023

” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative. Some of the first year’s crop was lost to cold weather, so today the plants begin in a greenhouse long before being replanted outside. We’re not killing ourselves at work and we can look for other things.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

I loved the last words of her New York Times obituary , which sounded every bit like the Joan I had been inspired by for years: The day I die, I want to have a black thumb from where I hit it with a hammer and scratches on my hands from pruning the roses.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The guide is especially helpful in its specifics, literally down to the baseboards used to construct the family’s functional barnhouse and greenhouse, and it details how to get the most out of popular crops in micro spaces. Mixed greens, tomatoes, snap peas, hemp, and more—even for this black thumb, Hartman makes it seem doable.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 13, 2023

They’re well pruned. Part of Anita Oberholster’s work, too, is establishing better information for insurance companies to utilize when offering crop insurance. “We Because we don’t have that data yet, crop insurance providers haven’t adapted their numbers because they don’t know what to adapt them to.”

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sincerely, Agriculture Retailers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association American Seed Trade Association American Soybean Association American Sugarbeet Growers Association CropLife America Farm Credit Council International Fresh Produce Association Meat Institute National Association of Conservation Districts (..)

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

On the drive, she recalled saying, “We got to get the crops!” It’s that hard time to let things kind of be without kind of aggressively pruning, trying to make things pretty. ” and “This is a really important thing. We just got to get it.” It needs tending, it needs to be kept refreshed. Just let it fade.

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NASDA

MARCH 10, 2025

California Date Commission California Fresh Fruit Association California Prune Board Cayuga Milk Ingredients CHS Inc. CoBank Corn Refiners Association Cotton Warehouse Association of America Crop Insurance Professionals Association CropLife America Dairy Farmers of America Darigold Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 5, 2025

MAKE Farm, a roughly quarter acre plot, uses low-till practices to improve soil health and nutrient density in crops, along with intercropping – growing two or more crops close together – and integrated pest management. full_link READ MORE Meet the refugee farmers planting the crops of their homelands in Texas soil.

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