Civil Eats
MAY 1, 2024
Tesdell explained that when his European ancestors settled in the Midwest, they plowed the prairie and switched from deeply rooted perennial plants to shallow-rooted annual crops like wheat, oats, and corn instead. Roughly 80 percent of the farmland in Iowa is owned by offsite landlords, who rent it out to farmers.
Farmbrite
JUNE 1, 2023
These days, farming is a lot more than just plowing the field and planting seeds. How to lease farmland for alternative energy Why you should join or start a farm cooperative Is a CSA right for you The government offers a number of programs for young farmers. Tips for renting or buying farmland for new farmers 1.
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Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
A few years back, while building a fence on her farmland, Hemmes suffered her first bout of on-the-job heat exhaustion. And yet, heat is also already the deadliest extreme weather event in the U.S., responsible for more deaths every year than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. Photography via Shutterstock.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Yet their pervasive use—along with farmland, plastics cover everything from individual seeds to bales of hay and packaged produce—has allowed them to plant themselves deeply in our food supply. In the larger scope, agriculture accounts for a small slice of the plastics pie—less than 3 percent of the annual 440 million tons produced worldwide.
The Counter
APRIL 27, 2022
They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. See full series Back around 2011, Jonathan Cobb and his wife, Kaylyn, had what he calls a “simple game plan.”
Agwired
DECEMBER 8, 2023
with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress. This tool is part of a broader effort by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) to streamline its processes, improve customer service, and expand credit access. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)
National Young Farmers Coalition
OCTOBER 11, 2023
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