Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists concluded that the cost for rural Iowa residents—who often live in areas with smaller, more expensive water systems—could be as much as $4,960 more per person per year to filter out nitrates from their water than their counterparts in cities like Des Moines. Fertilizer as Poison The U.S.

Fertilizer 145

Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 145

The Equation

MAY 11, 2023

As climate change continues and farming areas get hotter and drier—as expected in the Southern Great Plains and Southwest—erosion could increasingly take the form of dust storms when bone-dry fields are plowed. Fertilizer runoff can also affect urban communities downstream. All the time.

Agriculture 131

Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer Plowing 131

ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Whereas at one time she advocated organic approaches and specific practices to deal with singular issues with pests or crop fertility, she now fosters a system based on ecological farm design.

Crop 79

Crop Plowing Manure Farming 79

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently called on three state agencies to take action to protect the health of rural residents. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States. That’s where the sorghum-sudangrass comes in.

Crop 140

Crop Farming Farming Acre 140

ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Darker soils, better water infiltration, less fertilizer. But it’s generated some pretty negative outcomes, including widespread degradation of land, water, and ecosystems, leaving rural communities gutted and left to the tumbleweeds. To practice what I suggest others do — plant, observe, and adapt. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

Crop 52

Crop Farming Farming Crop Rotation 52

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. International Trade Commission to consider the impacts that tariffs on Moroccan shipments of fertilizers are having on family farms. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

Plowing 45

Plowing Ruralism Agriculture Agriculture 45

ATTRA

JULY 11, 2023

When he dug deeper (literally) he saw that the soils farmers were working with had an impenetrable plow pan layer about 6 inches below the surface, so the cotton plant roots could not access the nutrients they needed, even though the nutrients were present. The soil had lost its structure because of the way it was being managed.

Farming 40

Farming Farming Plowing Crop 40