Agwired

JANUARY 31, 2024

Agriculture technology innovator Terra Vera announced the launch of Brawndo TS, a portable system that utilizes the company’s proprietary biomimicry solutions for protecting crops and delivering nutrients – without harmful chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Don Beyer (D-Va.),

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Now, Hardin wants to use the knowledge he’s gained to tackle some big challenges across the state by using biochar to clean up the Illinois River watershed, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help farmers improve the quality of their soil through his innovative initiative called the Carbon Chicken Project.

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Cropaia

MAY 25, 2024

Sustainability Benefits Biochar contributes to environmental sustainability in several key ways, and is a key component of regenerative agriculture: Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions reduction Biochar is highly effective at sequestering carbon due to its stable nature.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 5, 2024

Certainly, the change in availability is in part due to ease of imports and prevalence of greenhouses today. If there’s a fire or drought, crops can die off and yields go down. Declines in nutrients can come from using certain fertilizers or through selective breeding where the goal is high yield.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

By Chris Lent, NCAT Agriculture Specialist When I began to see how unique the growing conditions in my high tunnel are compared to open-field growing, I started to think differently about how to maintain soil health and manage soil fertility for high tunnel growing and season extension. These strategies start with soil testing.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For instance, farmers in the Southern region face acidic, low-fertility soils, intense weed, pest, and disease pressures, along with marketing and infrastructure constraints. Managing weeds, diseases, and pests.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Regardless of the approach, implementing crop rotation is crucial for maintaining soil fertility, minimizing pest and disease issues, and ensuring sustainable agriculture practices. Don't over-fertilize.

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Caff

JULY 28, 2024

The repeated application of biochar over many years turned these nutrient-poor soils into fertile agricultural land. Sonoma county encompasses many environments: wet and foggy coastal redwoods, agriculturally fertile valleys, interior coast range oak woodland, densely populated cities, rural communities, and thriving tribal groups.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

Davi Souza is a space entrepreneur, researcher, and greenhouse specialist working to develop sustainable methods for food production in space. Souza’s ultimate goal is to develop food production techniques that will be successful both in space greenhouses as well as extreme environments on Earth. Credit: Davi Souza.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

fertilizer application, irrigation, machinery use, pesticide application) and the sources of carbon sequestration (e.g., The CO 2 e is used to standardize emissions from all types of greenhouse gases (e.g., And, perhaps most importantly, how do we know those results are accurate and reliable? reduced tillage, cover crops, treed acres).

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Vertical farms and greenhouses are seeing much more capital investment than they had in the past, and CEA businesses are improving their unit economics through new technologies which attract investment, as well. We also see growers with experience in greenhouses adapt well to vertical farming.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The choice to compare greenhouse gas intensity of soil-based urban agriculture systems with conventional farming systems brings up an inherently unfair comparison. carbon emissions) by another large number (yield per acre), you get a small number of carbon emissions associated with each serving of lettuce, for example. The result?

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Agwired

JANUARY 10, 2024

solar module installation which features the company’s greenhouse film technology that helps reduce energy use and increase crop yields. In partnership with Swiss tech startup Voltiris, 3M’s film technology is used in solar modules that are installed inside greenhouses designed to manage light.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The experience led him to start learning about regenerative agriculture and the benefits raising chickens could have for the soil fertility and sustainability of his nine acres. Industrial farming contributes around 11 percent of total US greenhouse gas emissions, not including the transportation of the food.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

of greenhouse gas emissions – conventional farming methods such as tractor usage and fertilizer production rely heavily on fossil fuels, and approximately 90% of global deforestation is caused by agriculture. According to OurWorldInData , agriculture, forestry, and land use directly account for 18.4%

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ATTRA

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This region has great potential to store atmospheric carbon (greenhouse gases), which is the driver of climate extremes, e.g., more frequent droughts, prolonged heat, higher average daily temperatures, and changes in rain intensity, timing, and amounts (flooding events). and the world.

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The recent rise in food prices is buoyed by increased fertilizer, energy, and transport costs. Among the 12.6

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Wild Weather Threatens Farm Viability Although the IRA funds are directed at greenhouse gas mitigation, many forms of agricultural climate mitigation also increase farm resilience. Such practices can also reduce nitrous oxide emissions, in part by reducing the need to apply synthetic fertilizers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They produce around 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. High-income countries’ food systems are much larger contributors to emissions and environmental degradation, while low-income countries use resources like fertilizers and pesticides at more sustainable levels, though sometimes to the detriment of yield.

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Cropaia

APRIL 7, 2023

This can help to lower the overall concentration of greenhouse gases, which are a significant contributor to global warming. It can improve soil health and fertility, leading to healthier and more productive crops, and can also increase crop yields. Such techniques aim to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 28, 2023

Methane gas digesters are used by dairy farms to convert manure into energy and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The fertilizer produced by the co-digester is stored in the tank behind it. By benefiting socially, Davis means odor control: co-digesters produce an odorless organic fertilizer. Photo by Meg Wilcox.

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AGRIVI

JULY 21, 2023

It compiles data on key performance indicators , including yield analysis , crop analysis, field analysis, farm finance KPIs, input usage , harvest reports , water usage , and pesticide application. The platform offers two main components for reporting: the Analytics & Dashboard stack and the Reporting stack.

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World Agri-Tech

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CoteX Technologies, a startup located in Nova Scotia, Canada, has developed a low-cost, customizable controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) coating that minimizes environmental impact. Over 110 million tonnes of nitrogen fertilizer is applied to crops worldwide every year. Read the full press release here.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 25, 2022

In addition to financial support, smallholder farmers also need access to education and training to help them improve their farming practices and increase their yields. They can also recommend the most appropriate pesticides and fertilizers to apply. Training and Education. Single aspect approach.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

It doesn’t take a whole lot of rain to make a good yield for the sorghum crop,” said Rendel, who plants about 1,000 acres of grain sorghum each year on his 5,000-acre farm. Sorghum was relatively cheap to put in the ground, it had a very good yield to it, and it could withstand some hot, dry summers,” Rendel said.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

It would cover the cost of installing equipment and infrastructure for dry scraping manure or separating solids to produce compost for bedding, for application to fields as a substitute for chemical fertilizer, or for sale. Not only will this effort increase hardiness and yields for farmers, but it will also enable the U.S.

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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. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

When arranged in the right way, studies have found this approach can actually offer compounding advantages such as shielding plants from excessive heat, cold and UV damage, thereby increasing the yield of certain crops. Some reduction in yield is still better than growing nothing," he argued. Photo is by Thomas Hickey.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. This means you'll waste less time, money, and resources on things that don't contribute much value or might even be detrimental to your farm's growth (like using expensive fertilizers when cheaper ones work just as well).

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

This degree of control over plant nutrient supply means that the fertilization strategies are designed to match the plant needs for all 14 essential plant nutrients throughout the growth period. 3: Tailoring The Development Of Genetic Varieties Vindara argues that the difference is in the seeds. Register today!

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. They often work in laboratories or greenhouses where they conduct experiments on plants and animals. 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

JULY 14, 2023

For example, research demonstrates that genetic diversity within a single-species monoculture may make yields more stable. Carefully planned crop rotations often increase the yield of the primary crop. agriculture toward more diverse landscapes that directly reduce greenhouse gasses and increase agrobiodiversity.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Last year, the foundation supported the production of a report on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture , which played a significant role in the national conversation around regenerative agriculture. That is just absolutely unheard of,” he says. Absent charitable investment, Walmart is the only stop for produce in many other small towns.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Since these factors determine the quality of a crop yield, choosing the right automation technology for your farm is no easy task. This Finland-based company aims to advance greenhouse growing by providing fully automated NFT growing systems. Logiqs also offers long-term support for their hardware solutions. Credit: Green Automation.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 23, 2024

Agriculture contributes at least 11 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions , and meat is the biggest contributor among foods. These tiny animals yield high-quality protein , can eat food waste, and can be eaten as food. Their excrement, frass, is a rich fertilizer for agriculture.

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