Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Lawrence Seaway shipping corridor is seasonal, and the labour dispute holding up product movement is putting serious stress on Ontario’s agriculture sector during the harvest period. An estimated $20 million per day of grain isn’t moving through the St. Lawrence Seaway after members of UNIFOR went on. Read More

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Western FarmPress

AUGUST 3, 2023

E-Corn-Omics: Fertilizer producers are scrambling to cover shrinking revenues and energy prices are on the rise. What farmers should be watching ahead of harvest.

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Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Planting and Harvesting Potatoes are typically planted in spring once soil temperatures reach 10°C (50°F), a benchmark for promoting uniform sprouting and robust early growth. Harvest timing depends on variety and climatic conditions, with maturity generally reached in 90–120 days. The effects of soil type on harvest include: 1.

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

This “leaky system” refers to what is not absorbed by the crops on the field, most dangerously, in this case, fertilizer. “It’s And farmers know they’re going to lose some fertilizer. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. As a consequence, they apply extra as insurance.”

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Iowa farmers expect to harvest a good corn crop this fall but spring germination issues will likely keep it from topping 2023 crop yields, says Nutrien Ag Solutions crop consultant Jeff Hink. In this report from the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Hink takes a look at how growers in the state are changing.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. His farm is also working to reduce tillage—a practice that can lead to soil erosion. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

E-Corn-Omics: Low fertilizer prices, 2024 revenue prospects and weather forecasts will remain top of mind this fall.

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Sustainable Harvest International

DECEMBER 27, 2024

At Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), we train farmers in the skills they need to build sustainable livelihoods. Farmers see their harvests as a source of nourishment for their families and, with SHIs small-business training, profitable goods. These inputs are destructive to the land and water sources they rely on for survival.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Corn Source: Following harvest is a great time to test soil and to begin forming your 2025 soil fertility plan.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

and sovereign Indigenous nations, and grant unlimited harvests, even from private property. People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. Wampanoag fishers, like Pocknett, are forced to shrug it off. Not just food.”

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

After Floridas farmers harvest a wide array of summer crops, the fields do not lie dormant for long. These crops have many benefits for small-scale growers in Florida due to high demand in winter months, extended harvest, local market opportunities, and versatility of the use for these commodities.

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Western FarmPress

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Two Hearts, One Harvest: In a time of inflation and mediocre prices on the farm, Mike Reskovac is applying his own fertilizer, along with other changes.

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ProAg

OCTOBER 26, 2023

All eight major fertilizer prices have increased again in the third week of October. Anhydrous has increased the most while harvest moves past the halfway point. All fertilizers prices are lower by double digits compared to this time last year, led once again by anhydrous at 43% less expensive.

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Kavya Organic Farm

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Harvest Responsibly : As your plants grow, harvest leaves or fruits selectively, allowing the remaining parts of the plant to continue thriving. Sustainability and Resource Conservation: The Kratky Methods aligns well with sustainable practices by minimizing water consumption and reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

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Global Agtech Initiative

JUNE 27, 2024

The initiative empowers farmers to integrate microbial fertilizers, organic matter, biological pest control, mechanized harvesting, and efficient water use to enhance soil health. The post Biome Makers Partners in Groundbreaking Sugarcane Sustainability Initiative appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A community harvest, weather impact, fencing laws, family legacies and fertilizer recommendations were highlights this year.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

CHLORMEQUAT What this is: a plant growth regulator used on wheat, oats, and barley to decrease stem height, making the plants easier to harvest. Why it’s a worry: Chlormequat has been linked to reduced fertility, altered fetal growth, and delayed puberty in animals.

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ProAg

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Retail fertilizer prices are showing different trends for the first time in 2023. The fourth week of September showed a noticeable split as some fertilizer prices fell and others rose. Three fertilizers showed lower prices including DAP at $703/ton, potash at $508/ton, and UAN28 at $353/ton. Read more on fertilizer prices here.

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NASDA

AUGUST 20, 2024

There are even higher volumes that would be lost during harvest. Agricultural facilities have no viable alternative transportation options to supply Canada’s international customers and the inability to cycle products through the supply chain could limit producers’ ability to deliver harvested crops. Canola Association U.S.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From planting to harvest, farm machinery such as tractors and combines burn diesel fuel to churn out the raw materials for our food system. The freight trucks, locomotives, and inland barges that transport bulk harvested commodity crops and livestock significantly add to agriculture’s CO2 emissions.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 31, 2023

In the United States, the practice was relatively common from the 1860s through the 1950s before it was replaced by synthetic fertilizers and different crop management techniques. Cover cropping is a means of increasing soil fertility without chemicals. How do cover crops work? What plants make good cover crops?

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Jute plants grow quickly, with a harvest period of about 4-6 months, making it an excellent crop for seasonal farming. Jute is a rain-fed crop, requiring minimal pesticides and fertilizers compared to other commercial crops. Jute farming is vital for many rural communities, providing income and employment to millions of farmers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Smallholders are witnessing the recovery of the fertility and moisture levels of their soils, higher productivity and competitiveness. And it reduces the climate and environmental footprint of growing, processing, and transporting industrially farmed animal food.

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The Farmers Daughter USA

APRIL 28, 2024

It’s actually not all that different from any other crop, except it takes about 18 months for it to mature for harvest. But soil quality, pest control, crop rotation, and fertilizers are all used to produce quality sod. Gordon even took us out to the field where we saw the harvester in action. So it isn’t really an issue.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows you see in much of rural North America. Photo courtesy of Michael Kotutwa Johnson) His harvest looks unique, too. Kotutwa Johnson with an ear of his Hopi white corn.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Historians know that turkey and corn were part of the first Thanksgiving , when Wampanoag peoples shared a harvest meal with the pilgrims of Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. Abundant Harvests Historically, Native people throughout the Americas bred indigenous plant varieties specific to the growing conditions of their homelands.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

Wild seaweeds had been harvested for centuries by Indigenous peoples on both coasts, for a range of uses including insulation, medication, and fertilizer. Later, seaweeds were then harvested from the wild for agricultural fertilizers and the cosmetics industry.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This shift to a data-driven approach not only enhances farm operations but can significantly improve harvest outcomes, turning a good year into an exceptional one. They can use climate gauges and weather information for more accurate planting and harvesting insights.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He found that undersowing the clover was an amazing way to get the field covered by harvest. When he needed added biomass, he experimented with undersowing Dutch white clover into early harvested crops, mowing the post-harvest crop, and then drilling rye into the clover. Send me a note at lee@ncat.org to share your ideas.

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

That day, they’d been out to their four-acre farm and back twice, harvesting a total of 6,300 pounds. Maine is the heart of America’s farmed seaweed industry, supplying half its harvest— well over a million pounds —last season. Then they sell the harvest to ASF, which picks up the kelp on the dock.

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UnderstandingAg

JUNE 20, 2024

EVERY square inch of all those "brown areas" have been treated with various chemicals and fertilizers. Is it any wonder that our surface waters are filled with sediment, and fertilizer, and chemicals? Is it any wonder that our surface waters are filled with sediment, and fertilizer, and chemicals?

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Cost savings : Regenerative farming often reduces the need for expensive inputs like synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. By building fertile, self-sustaining soil, farmers can cut costs significantly.

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AGRIVI

JULY 13, 2023

Given the industry’s dependence on agriculture, it is crucial for F&B companies to actively support farmers within their supply chain in their transition towards more sustainable practices. Zero Food Waste with Weather and Pests Stack Unpredictable weather events and pest outbreaks pose challenges to sustainable agriculture.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Farmers are having to adjust what they grow and how they grow it, and people all along the food chainfrom the workers who harvest the crops to the consumers who eat themfeel the effects. The EPAs annual emissions report points to declines in cattle numbers and fertilizer use, data that could inform major climate events this fall.

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Sustainable Harvest International

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Conventional agriculture heavily relies on synthetic chemicals in the form of fertilizers and pesticides. SHI regenerative farmers in Central America harness the power of nature to produce abundant harvests, reforest the tropics, and contribute to global climate action.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Instead, he wants his cattle to harvest their own feed via managed rotational grazing, even in the winter. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States. Southeastern Minnesota’s Olmsted County is a microcosm of agriculture’s dependence on nitrogen fertilizer.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The timing of winter cover crops can be difficult in the garden because of the crop diversity growing into the fall, each with different end-harvest dates. Find the low hanging fruit – Beds which are relatively clean and bare after harvest require little planning and are ready to seed. tomatoes, corn, pumpkins, or peas).

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