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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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. Furthermore, it supports, and is even essential to, the germination of the hard-shelled seeds.

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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. The process of producing tea, from the tea seed to the cup, is a complex and fascinating one. The tea we drink is obtained from the leaves of a bush native to Asia.

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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.” Yet, this equipment is usually needed only a few days out of the year.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 1, 2024

Early European settlers in America brought with them apple seeds, which they planted to begin the first orchards. Planting new trees is going to take some years before they’re mature and fruit bearing,” says Jennifer Ries, who coordinates the tree nursery department at Fedco , a tree and seed cooperative out of Clinton, Maine.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Processing berry pulp, from beak to butt, takes about 15 minutes, though, contrary to popular belief, most holly seeds do not depart through droppings. During a feeding frenzy, robins can regurgitate holly seeds more than 150 feet from the source. Seeds crossed state lines as stowaways on trains or carriages.

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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. On the farm there we plant our seeds for corn and potatoes in March, in the field, just using the hoe.

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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. Jewell asks.

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NASDA

JANUARY 16, 2025

Georgia/Florida Soybean Association Global Cold Chain Alliance GO Seed Gowan SeedTech LLC Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Gro Alliance GROWMARK, Inc. Thank you for your consideration, and for your dedication to our nations agricultural community.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Her new home came with a yard left in disrepair after years of vacancy, so she contacted Keep Growing Detroit , an organization dedicated to food sovereignty, to buy seeds to start a garden. On the same day, Penix was scheduled to pick up her seeds, she had a doctor’s appointment. That’s when she received the diagnosis.

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NASDA

MARCH 10, 2025

Almond Alliance American Cotton Shippers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association American Seed Trade Association American Sheep Industry Association American Soybean Association American Sugar Alliance AmericanHort Animal Health Institute Associated Milk Producers Inc.

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