Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In Kansas, some annual row crop farmers are pioneering perennial crops to counter the impacts of yearly plowing that has depleted their soils. For instance, funding for the development of perennial crops that yield multiple harvests over several years after just a single planting has been miniscule. In the U.S.,

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I’ve seen the synthesis of diversity, in plants and practice, stimulate ecosystem processes to yield the benefits that have accrued to this feral garden. We know that industrial monocultures achieve high yields for global markets. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. Riggins, M.

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The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future. But with the heavy rain came floods that damaged lives, property, and crops.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. Women pastoralists in particular are entirely left out of these policy spaces, said Rabari, which isnt just an issue of exclusion but means their unique ecological knowledge is lost, too. Photography via Shutterstock.

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