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How Gardner Family Farms Gains Ground With Ag Technology

Global Agtech Initiative

Kevin Gardner of North Carolina-based Gardner Family Farms shares different ways ag tech is making their lives easier in 2024. The post How Gardner Family Farms Gains Ground With Ag Technology appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Leading Produce Growers Bowles Farming Company, Braga Fresh Family Farms, and Taylor Farms Innovate Soil Health Management with Technology

Global Agtech Initiative

The post Leading Produce Growers Bowles Farming Company, Braga Fresh Family Farms, and Taylor Farms Innovate Soil Health Management with Technology appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Three leading growers install the Agrology Arbiter System to track their in-field carbon footprints and soil health.

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Why Are Family Farms in Trouble?

Modern Farmer

Because farming is so central to our nation’s identity—and its idea of itself—this future can feel fraught. In 2012, the USDA forecast that most (70 percent) family farms would transfer hands over the next 20 years. Will family farms as we know and love them survive, and how do the ones that are thriving now do it?

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Gold Cup winners share body condition scoring strategy

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Embracing technology and keeping a close eye on cow condition have helped maintain pregnancy rates at 23% and support cow longevity at an Ayrshire family farm.

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Future of Family Farms in the San Joaquin Valley

Caff

Earlier this year, CAFF kicked off a massive project in the San Joaquin Valley to help support family farms there and strengthen the local food economy, in partnership with UC Agriculture & Natural Resources (UC ANR) and the Central Valley Community Foundation (CVCF), among others. Why take on such a big project?

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Family, farming and Farm Bureau define Iowa Master Farmers Craig and Patti Hill

Western FarmPress

The 1980s farm crisis spurred Craig Hill to become active in Farm Bureau. Almost 40 years later, this involvement, along with farming technology, led to Craig and Patti Hill being 2025 Iowa Master Farmers.

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Is the next generation up to it?

Western FarmPress

Lifestyle, technology and side ventures could hurt the family farm business in the future.