Grain Plowing Yield 
UnderstandingAg
JULY 16, 2023
For the past 40 years, our farm was in a hay, pasture and cereal grain rotation. Local practices included moldboard plowing to reseed perennial hay fields and as part of the plowing procedure, it is common to place drainage furrows with a plow on 30-60-feet centers. At first, I thought this was what I needed to do.
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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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.
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 Corn produces lower yields if it is nitrogen deficient, so farmers apply nitrogen-heavy fertilizer to the crop. ppm for nitrates. Each year, the measurement in their water kept creeping up.
The Equation
MAY 15, 2023
With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future. But with the heavy rain came floods that damaged lives, property, and crops. Agriculture is the largest user of water in the western states.
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A 2022 Stanford University satellite study reported that although cover cropping reduces erosion and improves water quality, it also causes significant yield hits for corn and soybeans. The cost can be prohibitive, and it can be tricky to fit them into a conventional row-cropping system.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Researchers, using satellite data, found that cash crop yields in the corn belt dropped significantly—on average 5.5 And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields. And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields.
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