Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. The topic of farm consolidation is closely tied to this term, as one typically leads to more of the other.

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Industrial Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Finance 52

The Equation

APRIL 3, 2023

The ongoing megadrought that has afflicted California since 2000 has caused profound challenges for people, agriculture, and ecosystems throughout the state. The increased volume of water may cause rivers, dams, and levees to overflow, inundating nearby communities and farmland. Snow Water Equivalent in California Sierra Nevada.

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Agriculture Agriculture Crop Food 87

Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

“A lot of the support was for the polluting farmer, and you know, farming is right there with the American flag and grandma’s apple pie.” Conservation on the Farm One way to do this is by using less fertilizer on the field. Tesdell’s farm is not the typical Iowa farm, which averages 359 acres. Tesdell’s is 80.

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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 121

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

As westward expansion swept across the region in the late 1800s, settlers began draining the 40-foot deep lake for farmland. Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub.

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Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 83

National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

Young Farmers opposed the bill when it was initially released and mobilized hundreds of advocates in direct and grassroots action to encourage House Agriculture Committee members to vote against it. 12301) A step back in federal farmland conservation tools for land access. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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Food Farming Farming Farmland 40

The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

They began entering contracts to access small plots of farmland in return for shares of their crop yield, establishing the new sharecropping system. As noted in a UCS report , by 1920 there were 920,000 Black farmers making up 14 percent of all farmers and owning 15 million acres of farmland.

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Food Plantation Farming Farming 78