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RootWave demos new tractor-powered electric weeder

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly British e-weeding firm RootWave has launched its first tractor-powered machine for orchards and vineyards, with several machines already reserved by growers across the UK.

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Revolutionizing Orchards: How the Monarch Tractor Drives Sustainable Farming Forward

Global Agtech Initiative

In an era where sustainability is paramount, learn how an electric tractor is at the forefront of reshaping farming practices globally. The post Revolutionizing Orchards: How the Monarch Tractor Drives Sustainable Farming Forward appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Tractor Rollovers Kill Dozens on Farms Each Year—and a Prevention Program Is at Risk

Civil Eats

The front bucket was half full as he drove the tractor forward on a gentle slope of his 10-acre produce and poultry farm in Greensboro, Georgia. I felt the tractor tilting over,” Langford recalls. “I In the end, the tractor landed on its left side; a roll bar above the seat prevented it from turning upside down.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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California Farm Counties Are Not Even Close to Meeting the EPA’s New Clean Air Quality Standard

Civil Eats

However, based on current air quality monitoring data, much of California—and notably all of the most intensively farmed counties including San Joaquin Valley—will likely not meet the newly updated standard anytime soon. Mountain ranges trap emissions from highway traffic, locomotives, municipal composting facilities, tractors, and burning.

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Monarch Tractor Announces $133M Series C Funding

World Agri-Tech

With this latest raise, the company behind the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor cements its position as a leader in the space. In the United States, farm profitability has steadily declined over the past decade, with the sharpest decline in industry history occurring in 2023.

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Hurricane Helene and Western North Carolina: New Year, New Challenges and Available Resources

ATTRA

I thought about my farm and how the barn I built had likely collapsed on top of my goat herd. In the aftermath, farmers lost hundreds of animals, feed, and related infrastructure, leading to substantial economic losses (estimates of over 3 billion dollars) for the farming community. Submit applications online at disasterassistance.gov.