Caff

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) hosted our fourth Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day, titled “Effective IPM Strategies for Major Walnut Pests,” at Blossom Farms on July 12th. Randy also owns his own seed drillers, and plants cover crops on other farms in the area.

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Farming Farming Orchard Soil Compaction 52

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

His farm lies on the Columbia Plateau, a 63,000-square-mile basin formed by ancient basalt lava flows. At the end of the last Ice Age, retreating glaciers scoured the bedrock, leaving a wake of grit and gravel to form the deep loess soil. Then they truck it to farms, where it is used in place of ag lime.

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Fertilizer Acre Farming Farming 138

UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Soil compaction is the most common problem that I have encountered on farms as I travel across the Midwest. It is so prevalent that it’s easy to forget that compaction is a symptom , not an inherent property of soil. Soil aggregates are the building blocks of healthy soil.

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Manure Soil Compaction Crop Mechanics 116

Cropaia

JULY 4, 2024

In recent years, the demand for sustainable and efficient farming practices has increased. It is also used as a soil amendment to improve texture and moisture retention. Peat Moss Peat moss is an organic material harvested from peat bogs, known for its lightweight and high water retention capabilities. It has an acidic pH (3.5-4.5),

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Seeding Soil Compaction Production Greenhouse 89

UnderstandingAg

JANUARY 11, 2025

Our disruptions must be planned and purposeful, built around an understanding as to how they impact the soil resource and its ability to not only recover but to restore vital ecosystem functions, such as the ability to capture and store water from precipitation and cycle nutrients.

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Forage Pasture Acre Soil Compaction 65

RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Saskatoon berry production reduces soil erosion & mitigates the risk of climate change on Solstice Berry Farm By Trina Moyles Rick and Marsha Gelowitz were brand new to farming when they bought their farm northwest of Calgary in 1994. The Gelowitz’s kept a garden on their farm where they grew several Saskatoon bushes.

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Orchard Farming Farming Harvester 52