Modern Farmer

AUGUST 11, 2023

Fruit, she says, had not made the same progress in breeding science as bigger crops such as vegetables and grains. “I From her test orchard in Clarksville—25 acres of diverse cherry trees—she began breeding to address the primary threats. She remembers a breeding class coming out to the Clarksville orchard.

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Orchard Crop Processing Cultivation 98

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.” Photos courtesy of Wendy Johnson) The sheep were getting sick from eating too much grain, so Johnson worked to reestablish a natural savanna, a mixed woodland and grassland ecosystem that had once been prevalent on Iowa’s landscape but was destroyed by grazing and row crops. Johnson laughs.

Acre 126

Acre Pasture Farming Farming 126

Civil Eats

MARCH 4, 2024

Food grown in local fields, orchards, and pastures with healthy soil management practices simply make for healthier, more nutritious, and more flavorful meals, he says—the perfect ingredients for changing the “stigma” associated with hospital fare. Currently, the vast majority of U.S. Preparing grass-fed beef for serving at the Meat Summit.

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Pasture Ranching Supply Chain Cattle 142

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Squash flowers produce large, spiny, starchy pollen grains,” says Cane. I’ve seen this in my own fruit orchard. Squash bees are working hard for hours before honey bees may join them in the fields. And squash bees are well adapted to pollinating their preferred plants.

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Crop Yield Yield Crop Pesticide 138

CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

Nate Gonzalez-Siemens of Fat Uncle Farms and Melissa Sorongon of Piedrasassi are somewhat unusual in the Central Coast and south San Joaquin Valley: they are both small-scale farmers who grow grain as part of their diversified operations. Their neighbors’ operations include vineyards, orchards, grain and vegetables.

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Compost Grain Harvest Harvesting 52

Agwired

JANUARY 26, 2024

The United States hosted the 59th International Grains Council Session and 2024 Grains Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana this week. The IGC discusses current and prospective world grain market developments, and monitors changes in national grain policies and their market implications. IGC on March 14 in Toledo, Ohio.

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Grain Marketing Agriculture Agriculture 45

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

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Cultivation Crop Real Estate Food 124

UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

We can start by doing the same things we do in a row-crop or small-grain field. How do the answers to those questions influence the homeowner’s likes and dislikes, “issues” that need to be solved and what are the wants and needs of the homeowner, which also are part of the context within which we are designing and planting?

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Soil Science Science Soil Compaction Pesticide 96

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practice, CSP, FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Enhancement Name Code Financial Assistance Total Percentage of Total CSP Payments Nitrogen Management Nutrient Management 590 $3,369,356 $66,725,833 13.23% Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses E590A $38,293,260 Reduce risks (..)

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Crop Rotation Forage Pasture Crop 93

Food Tank

DECEMBER 13, 2024

by Brooke Jorden, with Kitchen Connection, explores origins of favorite fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes. My Grandpa, My Tree, and Me by Roxanne Troup tells a story of a young girl who cares for a pecan tree in Grandpas orchard.

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Food Orchard Farming Farming 52

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Most of the rollovers in Washington occurred on crop farms, including the state’s signature apple orchards. The six tons of grain he was towing suddenly piled forward in the wagon. It’s also somebody who might be a pillar in that community.” On those operations workers often take the roll bars down to work under the trees.

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Tractor Farming Farming Acre 138

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. His grandfather, Grover, was the only one who elected to stay and farmand as a result (to the dismay of his siblings), he inherited a sum of more than $100,000.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practice, CSP, FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Enhancement Name Code Financial Assistance Total Percentage of Total CSP Financial Assistance Nitrogen Management Nutrient Management 590 $3,369,356 $66,725,833 13.23% Improving nutrient uptake efficiency and reducing risk of nutrient losses E590A $38,293,260 Reduce (..)

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Crop Rotation Pasture Forestry Forage 59

RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Many of our neighbours who have larger farms — grain and cattle — they’ve had to sell out and move because of flood years, drought years, and this increasingly warming trend we’re seeing.” For example, if you want to put an orchard in an area with heavy clay or muskeg, it won’t work.

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Farming Farming Forage Seeding 52