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Young Farmers Dig Into Land

Modern Farmer

The three team members—Rudman, Oliver Aurand and Kevin Reiss, who met in 2023 on a nearby farm—bring backgrounds in soil science, anthropology and just over a decade of combined field hand experience. It was a serendipitous moment that helped inspire Waves of Grain to use its resources to establish an incubator farm.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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As the Climate Crisis Escalates, Here Are 18 Food and Ag Solutions

Civil Eats

We have covered the incorporation of hedgerows to sequester carbon in soil, an ultracross seed-breeding project to create climate-adapted plant varieties, and the adoption of care-centered politics , among many other efforts. An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S.

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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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Coalition letter of support for USDA Agricultural Research Service funding

NASDA

Sincerely, 2Blades agInnovation North Central Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Agricultural Utilization Research Institute American Association of Mycobacterial Diseases American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges American Institute of Biological Sciences American Malting Barley Association American Meat Science Association (..)

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Coalition letter of support for USDA Agricultural Research Service funding

NASDA

Sincerely, 2Blades agInnovation North Central Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Agricultural Utilization Research Institute American Association of Mycobacterial Diseases American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges American Institute of Biological Sciences American Malting Barley Association American Meat Science Association (..)

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Producing the Perfect Potato and Soil Health to Handle Environmental Stress—The Perry Farm—Chin, Alberta

RR2CS

Together, Harold and his brother, Chris, and his father, Gerald, work collaboratively as partners to manage 5000 acres of irrigated land producing potatoes — varieties of chippers, russets, and red Mozart potatoes — along with other field crops, including hard red spring wheat, winter wheat, barley, sunflowers, green peas, seed canola.

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