UnderstandingAg

JULY 16, 2023

For the past 40 years, our farm was in a hay, pasture and cereal grain rotation. Corn and soybeans will grow here sporadically; however, wet falls or an early freeze usually prevent harvest. The usual harvest method for these areas is grazing, but only if the ground conditions permit.

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Plowing Pasture Seeding Cattle 74

Daily Yonder

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

His farming operation benefited too, with a diverse array of vegetables, fruits, and grains now flourishing in his fields. In Kansas, some annual row crop farmers are pioneering perennial crops to counter the impacts of yearly plowing that has depleted their soils. Abebe’s mantra, “nourish and heal,” is catching hold around the globe.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Grain 68

Agwired

MARCH 22, 2024

Julia Letlow (R-LA) with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress. While market uncertainty persists, projected prices decline further for crops harvested in 2024, and net farm income falls to the lowest level since 2020. Register for AgCon2024.

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Plowing Net Farm Income Farming Farming 59

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

As discussions around sustainably grown grain become more prominent, it raises the question, “What qualifies it as sustainably grown?” It’s a question that has multiple answers since the current sustainable grain market is segmented, with multiple programs initiating their own certification requirements.

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Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Instead, he wants his cattle to harvest their own feed via managed rotational grazing, even in the winter. Farmers would often plow the cover under early in the spring before it could provide optimal soil health benefits, and USDA restrictions didn’t allow much flexibility. Any day you can graze is better,” says Bedka.

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Crop Farming Farming Acre 120

Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 They want to pull in with their 24-row planter, plant their corn, come in with the 12-row corn head in October and harvest, then truck it off to the ethanol plant,” he said. “I

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Fertilizer Farming Farming Acre 121

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Department of Agriculture and food giants such as Land O’Lakes, Corteva, Bayer, and Cargill are paying farmers millions of dollars to sow rye, clover, radishes or other crops after, or even before, they harvest their corn and soybeans. And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields.

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