Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Switching to agroecology offers a way to produce food within diverse landscapes growing and nurturing different crops, livestock and fisheries suited to the conditions and communities that live in the area. Many farmers, for example, farmers are now producing drought-resistant nopal cacti to feed their livestock.

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Trimble Agriculture

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Gains in livestock and dairy exports ($39.3 Economic Implications Farmers reliant on imported machinery, fertilizers, and other inputs may face higher costs, cutting into already tight margins. Trade-Proofing Your Farm Finances The latest agricultural trade outlook offers both promise and caution. Agricultural Trade Exports U.S.

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Trimble Agriculture

JANUARY 15, 2025

Land Management By rotating crops, improving soil health, and investing in sustainable farming practices, you can increase the fertility and production of your land over time while reducing soil degradation and input requirements. There are several ways you can do this. These initiatives can also open doors to government grants or incentives.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

As a lender that works exclusively in the agriculture space, AgAmerica has helped hundreds of farmers strengthen their finances. In farming, input costs typically include items like seeds, fertilizer, feed, and more. Lower Overhead Costs There are several strategies farmers can use to lower overhead costs.

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Farmbrite

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On Schedule F, farmers report their farm income, including sales of livestock, produce, and other products, as well as income from custom work or services. In addition to income, Schedule F requires farmers to report their expenses, such as feed, fertilizer, seed, rent, and labor costs.

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NASDA

JANUARY 9, 2024

Regrettably, we must inform you that Mexico’s livestock and poultry industry is already running low on feed. If the crossings are not immediately reopened, Mexican livestock and poultry producers will need to begin making decisions that could include depopulating animals for humanitarian reasons. Senate Committee on Finance U.S.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Health Check Calculator Farm Cash Flow Statements: Key Terminology There are many different terms and documents for farm financing strategies. It categorizes cash flows into three main activities: operating, investing, and financing. Get a quick understanding of your farm’s key financial ratios with our free health check calculator.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Funding from supplemental and ad hoc programs, like the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) is predicted to decline compared to 2023. Livestock Purchases Livestock and poultry expenses are projected to slow down in 2024, but still increase by eight percent. billion in 2024.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 2, 2024

As we increasingly experience the damage inflicted by well over half a century of industrial agriculture – including devastating impacts upon public health, soil fertility and biodiversity – what is desperately needed is a cohesive and actionable long-term plan for agriculture, grounded in an agroecological approach.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Theyre as fertile as can be. The history of how this happenedhow one of the countrys most fertile farming regions became a knot of poverty, hunger, and racial injusticeis complicated and painful. They till less, plant cover crops after harvest, and have drastically cut their use of fertilizer and insecticides.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

Farming also includes marketing your goods, managing finances and employees, keeping up with technology —and that's just the beginning. Here are some options for financing your farm and getting access to land ownership: The government's Farm Service Agency provides loans to new farmers for land ownership.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

From budgeted costs like feed and fertilizer to unplanned expenses like machinery repairs or vet bills to budgeting for planting and harvesting season, you may set a lot of cash aside for such costs before receiving any income. If you’re a farmer or rancher, your bills are endless. How is a revolving line of credit secured?

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Still, there’s no question farm finances are much tighter than they were just two years ago.” The report also noted that lower prices for farm inputs, such as fertilizer, partially offset the drop in commodity prices but not enough to avoid declines in farmers’ net returns.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

French farmers, for instance, managed to persuade their nation’s leaders to ban food imports treated with the insecticide thiacloprid, dedicate €150 million (US$163 million) annually to support livestock producers and provide European-wide definitions for what constitutes lab-grown meat. Do such proposals challenge free trade? Yes, they do.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Higher fertilizer, fuel and feed costs contributed to a sharp increase in farm production expenses in 2022. Net farm income reached a record level in 2022, as sharply higher crop and livestock receipts more than offset reduced government payments and increased production expenses.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

At a panel I attended at Goals House during Climate Week, the moderator – a sustainability head at CNN – surprised the audience by mentioning that the fertility of the Great Plains was built by bison and could be restored by grazing cattle using holistic methods. He then asked representatives from Cargill and Nestlé what they thought.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

This career field is as varied as the subject of agriculture itself is: there are dairy farmers, livestock ranchers, fruit growers, crop farmers, and organic farmers, just to name a few. Farmers are the people who grow crops and raise livestock, but they are also so much more.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Excessive proposed cost-share payments for livestock feed management. Requires producers with confined livestock feeding operations to submit a GHG emissions reduction plan, in addition to the currently required comprehensive nutrient management plan, to be eligible to receive payments under the program.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

That means that when there is a heavy rainstorm, the soil will keep absorbing it even while less fertile soils let the rain (and associated nutrients) wash off into nearby bodies of water. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 26, 2023

However, research suggests that, despite the majority of people feeling concerned for the welfare of farmed animals, more immediate issues such as time pressures and finances, often dictate choices. The majority of livestock farmers care deeply about their animals and want them to have a good quality of life.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

Before RiCharde and his wife, Anna, took over Good Wheel Farm outside of Asheville in 2019, he managed the livestock operations for another farm in Western North Carolina. He’s still in the livestock business—cows, chickens, and goats all graze across Good Wheel’s 42 acres.

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Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

This provides the conditions for a mainstream transition away from damaging farming practices, if we can overcome the key barrier to change, namely finance. Finance As I have observed from personal experience, during the 50-year chapter of my farming life, doing the wrong thing has paid and doing the right thing hasn’t.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Purchasing cooperatives allow members to buy inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, at lower prices through bulk purchasing agreements. Credit unions provide financial services tailored to the agricultural sector, helping farmers secure loans and manage their finances more effectively. Buy local when possible.)

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

This approach is gaining popularity due to increasing fertilizer and pesticide costs, fragile ecosystems that provide essential water and air quality services, and increased attention for local and regional food systems. However, the long-term potential and total quantity of carbon storage is still very much up for debate.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ag-tech that is smart, innovative and actually improves or increases the quality, productivity or profitability of crop and livestock production will find a market and eager adopters.” Policy support has also been crucial, as have creative financing mechanisms. have available and how much they have to pay for it.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. Once again, it mostly comes down to finance. “A

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the 19th century, most of the land was owned by large estates and the farming was controlled by the landowners, financed in most cases by money from outside agriculture. The landowners with their expertise were proud of their estates and had sufficient finance to produce a country scene that was a pleasure to behold.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

FSA is currently unable to offer pre-qualification or pre-approval services for farm ownership loans, yet this service is routinely offered by other lenders working with competing buyers for farm properties, which puts buyers who must use FSA financing at a disadvantage.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Aiming to narrow this gap, on December 10th, Muñoz led the development of a manifesto calling for the urgent need to transform food systems, especially by supporting and directly financing the knowledge of small producers and Indigenous people. percent of international climate financing, according to AFA’s analysis released prior to COP28.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. Their Food Is Medicine Task Force aims to integrate food is medicine interventions into policy and finance to support nutrition security.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2024

And integrating these into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)which countries are scheduled to revise by COP30can help them tap the climate finance needed to make food systems transformation a reality. Called Resilient food futures: agroecology and climate finance for ambitious NDCs 3.0, Become a member today by clicking here.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

FSA is currently unable to offer pre-qualification or pre-approval services for farm ownership loans, yet this service is routinely offered by other lenders working with competing buyers for farm properties, which puts buyers who must use FSA financing at a disadvantage.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 8, 2024

After five years, in 2021, Tyson demanded that Minh install new fans and controllers in the houses, even though the old ones worked just fine, said Nhu-Hai, who handled the finances. Kahn has met with Iowa farmers about consolidation in the fertilizer industry , and in 2023, she led a significant update to the government’s merger guidelines.

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