ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

This loss of fertile topsoil will pose long-term challenges for crop production and soil health. My orchards and nursery were in complete disarray due to wind damage, but even so, I was spared much of the grief many others are still battling. Farmers faced dire situations. Not to mention, my goats and their barn were standing strong!

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Farmland Orchard Compost Livestock 52

Caff

MAY 18, 2023

First, we hear from Lorraine Walker of Eatwell Farm in Dixon, CA, where they incorporate laying hens into their diversified vegetable production, and also touch on soil health and fertility management.

Pasture 52

Pasture Farming Farming Ecology 52

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Proper Watering and Fertilization Maintain healthy and well-fertilized plants to enhance their resilience against pest attacks. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Q1: Can woolly aphids fly?

Ecology 98

Ecology Orchard Pruning Fertilizer 98

Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Orchard grass hay is soft as well as palatable and good for animals with respiratory issues or animals that are picky or need variety in their meals. Orchard Grass Hay: A soft, palatable hay that's good for horses with respiratory issues. Orchard Grass Hay: Similar to Timothy, but softer and more palatable.

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Livestock Forage Cattle Orchard 95

ATTRA

AUGUST 2, 2023

A study in Cyprus citrus orchards by the universities of Bristol, Göttingen, and Exeter found that bat activity on farms declined during organic transition. Researchers suggest that the soil and ecosystem may take time to recover when applications of fertilizers and pesticides stop.

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Orchard Pesticide Fertilizer Farming 40

The Equation

MARCH 28, 2023

An example of a negative externality is the negative health impacts of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in rural disadvantaged community residents: community residents pay with their health for the cheaper price of conventional food production. How do we weigh these scenarios and decide if cropland repurposing makes sense?

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Ruralism Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture 95

ATTRA

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The free, online cost studies model a management scenario for a 100-acre farm, 20 acres of which are planted to a mature orchard that produces apples for processing.

Processing 40

Processing Orchard Acre Fertilizer 40

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 24, 2023

But she maintains that “organic is still really important,” and that’s why USDA organic standards, food grown without most pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, is the minimum baseline for the ROC certification. Kerston, however, insists that bad practices such as using synthetic fertilizer consistently show up in the data. “If

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Food Ranching Ecology Fertilizer 98

ATTRA

JULY 21, 2023

Researchers at Penn State University found in a multi-year study that in regions with fertile soils that receive plenty of rainfall, growing cover crops under grape vines can offer significant benefits to the grower. Related ATTRA publication: Soils and Sites for Organic Orchards and Vineyards

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Crop Orchard Fertilizer Yield 40

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For example, at Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, MO, Chris Eckert has seen extreme freezes killing off parts of his peach orchard. From a corn and soybean farm, she has developed rotational sheep and cattle grazing, silvopasture, a riparian buffer, perennial (Kernza) grain fields, pollinator habitat, and a micro orchard.

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Pasture Crop Orchard Farming 110

Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

Ammonium nitrate forms when nitrogen oxides, a by-product of combustion from sources such as trucks and tractors, combines with atmospheric ammonia from fertilizers, which are abundant in the valley. a company that manages over 110,000 acres of farmland throughout the Central Valley. The practice reduces PM2.5

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Farming Farming Tractor Agriculture 136

The Farmers Daughter USA

JUNE 26, 2023

Farmers commonly use sprinkler irrigation for row crops, orchards, and pasture irrigation. This system minimizes water wastage, reduces weed growth, and optimizes fertilizer application. High-pressure pumps propel water through a network of pipes and sprinkler heads.

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Farming Farming Distribution Crop 98

Agwired

JULY 24, 2023

The line expansion includes: – Rhizolizer Duo for Berries & Melons – Rhizolizer Duo for Fruits & Vegetables – Rhizolizer Duo for Vineyards & Orchards Third-party trials performed through Contract Research Organizations (CROs) confirmed an increase in yield and a return on investment for all crops studied using the new (..)

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Production Acre Orchard Crop 52

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Johnson added trees to grazing land to create silvopastures, enhanced existing windbreaks and planted a micro-orchard with fruit and nut trees. Photos courtesy of Wil Crombie) Manure from the fowl helps fertilize the silvopastures and fields, and the chickens help with pest control by eating insects and grubs.

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Acre Farming Farming Pasture 127

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16. Kaʻinapu Cavasso agrees.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 126

Agwired

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The new study, “Biologicals: Specialty Crop Growers’ Perceptions, Values and Potential,” will be conducted in collaboration with Western Growers, the Agricultural Retailers Association, DC Legislative and Regulatory Services, and The Fertilizer Institute.

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Pesticide Manufacturing Agriculture Agriculture 59

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens. Their brewery in Wales became the first carbon-neutral, nonalcoholic brewery in the world earlier this year.

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Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 125

Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 1, 2023

Woolly aphids, belonging to the Eriosomatinae family, are intriguing insects that can wreak havoc on plants in gardens and orchards. Proper Watering and Fertilization Maintain healthy and well-fertilized plants to enhance their resilience against pest attacks. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Q1: Can woolly aphids fly?

Ecology 52

Ecology Orchard Pruning Fertilizer 52

ATTRA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What are the skillsets, knowledge, experiences, and resources that the community could contribute to a forest garden or community orchard? Urban soils are often nutrient-poor and depleted, but with proper soil management, they can become fertile ground for planting relatively quickly. What about forest gardens gets people excited?

Food 111

Food Distribution Rural Development Forestry 111

Modern Farmer

JULY 10, 2023

Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub. Orchards, vines and other perennials cultivated as long-term investments have steadily replaced ephemeral crops such as tomatoes and cotton, which are far less costly to sacrifice or replace.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Manure Agriculture 98

Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

This strategic decision reflects AgroLiquid’s unwavering commitment to prosper the farmer, by providing liquid fertilizers closer to our customers through faster and more efficient services. AgroLiquid announces the upcoming construction of a new 48,355-square-foot production facility in Lake City, Florida.

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Tractor Supply Chain Seeding Orchard 45

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

the Osage Nation’s community orchard. The Chickasaw Nation is teaming up with area land managers to remove invasive species, reduce fertilizer use, and restore habitat. Beyond the agriculture chapter, each of the regional chapters also puts a spotlight on both the inequities built into U.S.

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Agriculture Agriculture Forage Livestock 105

Farmbrite

JUNE 19, 2023

Starting a Fruit Orchard on Your Farm Growing fruit trees or nut trees on your farm is a great way to be more self-sufficient and a great way to add items to your CSA, use the unwanted fruit to supplement feed for your animals, sell at your local farmers market or for personal use. Fruit trees need lots of sun and space to grow properly.

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Orchard Farming Farming Pruning 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. With tobacco as his principal cash crop, Arthur needed to purchase fertilizer before December and prepare the land for planting by February or March. He fertilizes with compost tea, a mixture he creates of compost and water.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

The United Nations Environment Programme has pegged the global food system and its encroachment on wildlife habitats, along with its use of fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, as directly threatening 86 percent of species at risk of extinction worldwide.

Agriculture 113

Agriculture Agriculture Crop Farming 113

Caff

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They’ve taken a somewhat experimental approach in the orchard to see what grows best, and found that jujubes, apricots, and pomegranates thrived while apples and chestnuts didn’t do well due to the heat of the region and plums were too susceptible to disease.

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Orchard Farming Farming Construction 52

Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

We like to think of these wood chips as encouraging the fungi from the native forest around to come into our fields and partner with our orchards and with our crops.” We like to think of these wood chips as encouraging the fungi from the native forest around to come into our fields and partner with our orchards and with our crops.”

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Farming Farming Crop Agriculture 144

Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2023

Date palm plantations and orchards cover the eastern Coachella Valley to the north. the Salton Sea is also suffering from eutrophication, or loss of oxygen, due largely to algae blooms fueled, in part, by fertilizer runoff. 1 commodity for the last 64 years. The sea is twice as salty as the ocean.)

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Pesticide Acre Agriculture Agriculture 98

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. From the late Middle Ages until very recently, “out of place” meant anywhere that might inconvenience agriculture: “The noisome weeds, which without profit suck; The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers,” as the Gardener said in Shakespeare’s Richard II.

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Ecology Seeding Acre Processing 127

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The chickens fertilized the trees, ate the grass, and laid eggs. There is not an orchard, citrus grove, coffee plantation, almond farm, or pecan forest that wouldn’t benefit from poultry especially and other livestock generally. That meant he didn’t have to spray for anything. The trees shaded and protected the chickens.

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Poultry Livestock Pasture Ecology 76

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even monarch butterflies have lost habitat due to the prevalence of monocrop avocado orchards, along the once lush, biodiverse hillsides of Michoacán in Mexico. “Choose one from Chile and you might be furthering the extraction of much-needed fresh water.” Yet Eldridge is far from calling for an avocado boycott.

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Caff

APRIL 17, 2025

This event focused on sharing the story that led to the success of integrating sheep for grazing cover crop in walnut orchards and a mix of interactive farming activities where attendees could learn more in depth about topics like pest management and soil health. Tom Johnson in the mature orchard with attendees.

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Family Farming Orchard Crop Farming 52

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 1, 2024

Before 7 th October 2023 , farms and orchards covered almost half of Gaza’s total land area and more than 7,500 greenhouses contributed to an agricultural sector normally worth over $575m a year. It’s not just settlers taking land in the West Bank; in March the Israeli government annexed nearly 2,000 acres of the fertile Jordan Valley.

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Farming Farming Livestock Food 127

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The 29-year-old grower has carved a successful niche at local farmers markets selling unconventional crops such as Caribbean red, striped, and fish peppers, stinging nettles, and flowers, all grown using a home-brewed, brown sugar-based fertilizer. He uses a home-brewed, brown sugar-based fertilizer instead of commercial fertilizer.

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Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145