Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Right now, its too wet for us to get into the field with a tractor, she explained the night after a thunderstorm this summer. Jubilee Justice supplies farmers who are a part of the Black Farmers Cohort with everything they need to get started with SRI, including seeds, equipment, minerals, fertilizers, labor support, and technical assistance.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By Hakeem Holmes, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Lean is a business process improvement concept that focuses on the elimination of non-value-added activities from processes, which are defined as waste. Producing more than is needed or producing faster than the next stage of value-added processing can lead to overproduction.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

In a world where all industries run on plastics, these fine particles can also find their way onto farms through poultry litter , sewage sludge applied to soils, and even fertilizer. For instance, relying less on tractors and heavy machinery would create “less opportunity for rubber tires to degrade and get into the soil,” he said.

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Agwired

JANUARY 19, 2024

Scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) use innovative technology to study the lifecycle of potatoes (including development, production, and postharvest storage), ensuring a high-quality supply year-round for snack food processing facilities, restaurants, and grocery stores.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 7, 2024

What farmers, conservationists, lawmakers and residents of Oregon and the rest of the country are faced with is a delicate dilemma: How do you preserve the integrity of the country’s best farmland without sacrificing the livelihood of the farmer in the process? What is a fertilized egg? Jones says it’s an opportunity for connection. “We

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Agwired

AUGUST 2, 2024

The late George Rehm, University of Minnesota (U of M) Extension soil fertility specialist, has been posthumously named the Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) Distinguished Service Award recipient for 2024. The thirty-sixth annual Georgia Peanut Tour will be held Sept. 17-19, 2024, in Americus, Georgia, and the surrounding area.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 18, 2024

One of ALBA’s farmer partners driving a tractor. Now, the couple are in the process of expanding to 5 acres. That has the added bonus of growing more food with less dependence on fossil fuel-heavy practices, like synthetic fertilizer. “We are really so grateful to ALBA, and all the people there.”

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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. Growers get discounted dumping fees for cleaning, separating, and bundling products, all of which streamline the recycling process.)

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Organic farming is a practice that emphasizes natural processes, ecological balance and the conserving of resources. Synthetic fertilizers and genetic engineering are prohibited, among other measures. But the process to become certified as an organic farming operation is a lengthy one.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

Equipment Loans These loans can be used to purchase new or used farm equipment, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems Farm Improvement Loans This type of farm loan is for improving or upgrading existing farm structures or systems. Since there are so many we have a few tips to help you in the process.

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Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

Campbell Tractor Co. , With six locations across these states, Campbell Tractor continues its legacy of offering quality agricultural products and services by incorporating this cutting-edge technology into its lineup. Without as many reducing sugars, off-color browning and caramelization can be minimized in the Kal91.3

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Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This new feature simplifies the process of managing fields and field operations data, allowing platform users to automatically synchronize information such as field boundaries, fertilizer application, seeding, spraying, and harvesting directly from their John Deere Operations Center. sales of Ag tractors decreased 19.2

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Agwired

AUGUST 16, 2023

ASTA and other stakeholder groups offer a variety of educational resources to assist those involved in the process of treating, handling, transporting, or planting treated seeds. while total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. percent compared to July 2022, while sales of tractors declined 5.2 Overall unit sales of U.S.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 3, 2023

Mulching is the process of covering the earth around a plant with something to help it grow. The benefits include trapping heat for faster growth, retaining fertilizer and suppressing weeds. Tractor laying plastic mulch ahead of the growing season. Plastic mulch is made out of polyethylene, or PE.

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Farmbrite

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Monitoring soil health allows you to identify changes in soil structure, fertility, and overall health, enabling you to implement appropriate soil conservation practices, adjust fertilizer applications, and promote the growth of resilient plant varieties. Various advanced tools and technologies can help farmers monitor climate impact.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 15, 2024

Farm Equipment Tax Exemption IRS Section 179 allows farmers to deduct the cost of agriculture-related assets like tractors and grain bins from their gross income, reducing federal tax payments. Under this deduction, farmers can deduct the value of their soil fertility as an input expense on their newly acquired land.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture now complete, NASS is beginning the program review process and is now seeking public feedback. The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce the addition of Taylor Lekin as its marketing and program development coordinator, effective Dec.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

They join a growing list of animals in the process of disappearing forever. It even includes the specific type of manure Joly selects to fertilize his vineyards. RIP honeycreeper birds, Mariana fruit bat of Guam, Bachman’s warbler and the rest of the 21 species lost to extinction in the US alone in 2023.

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Farmbrite

MAY 9, 2023

Sources of farming losses Production losses Farming is a biological process that is affected by weather, pest, and diseases. If the above factors strike, you will lose the resources you spend tilling the land, planting, and fertilizing. If your tractor breakdown, it will affect your ability to harvest and increase production costs.

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Caff

JANUARY 27, 2021

This year’s nominations–submitted by people like you–overflowed with inspiring stories of change-makers who are innovating, giving back and working to make our soils more fertile for the next generation. Just when things were looking up, California’s worst ever wildfire season showed up at their farm’s door step.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 29, 2020

There are still a lot of questions that science is working out—like how exactly the whole process works and what sort of impact different soil microbes have, but there does seem to be potential in carbon farming for helping mitigate climate change. In 2019, it was over my head while I was sitting on the tractor!

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The farmer of the future is just as likely to wear a lab coat as they are to drive tractors, says Evan Fraser, Professor of Geography at the University of Guelph, at the Food4Climate Pavilion. Composting helps to fight this waste while also restoring soil health and reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. Read more HERE.

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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. Farming coops can look into partnerships with beneficial businesses for things like tractors, cattle management software , crop management software , and other helpful partnerships.

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The Lunatic Farmer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They don't show any pictures of their planting crew, picking crew, processing facilities. A guy driving a 200 horsepower tractor can accomplish far more than a guy driving a 50 horsepower tractor, and the cost of building the bigger machine is not linear to its size. Nothing about their soil. Nothing about caring for earthworms.

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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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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 1, 2025

They provide feed for the livestock whose meat and dairy make fast-food chains and deli counters hum, and their derivatives provide a huge proportion of the fat, sweeteners, and other additives that make processed treats so hard to resist. Why all the love for just two crops? In the years after World War II, U.S.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

He delights in every tool and accoutrement of the cropping, curing, and baling process: every trailer, every sawed-off school bus that pulls those trailers, every conveyor belt, every one of his 200 small curing barns. Fertilizer, fuel, and labor costs increase every year, while prices hardly change.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The company has replaced its trucks and tractors with mules and water buffalo and has vowed not to expand its operations into standing forest. Oil palm fruits being processed at Ocho Sur’s mill in Ucayali. The process was so haphazard that some of the parcels Huamn approved were partway inside a lake.

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