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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

With $3,000 allocated for equipment and many hours spent watching YouTube tutorials, he built a steady farmers market following, selling tender, week-old pea, sunflower, radish and broccoli sprouts. Now 27, DiLillo has seen his business blossom. Microgreens at Kupu Place. Photography by author.

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New Manual Offers Guidance on Producing Olives for Oil

ATTRA

olives a market niche in a world market with stiff competition on price. It addresses hand pruning, irrigation management, nitrogen management, harvest timing, site selection, and testing. It addresses hand pruning, irrigation management, nitrogen management, harvest timing, site selection, and testing.

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Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

Underpaid pickers don’t show up, and coffee cherries rot on the ground, wasting the harvest. Some harvests last for six months instead of the standard two, and some are shockingly short. Sometimes, the coffee is picked, but heavy rains wash out the roads, and farmers can’t get their product to market.

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The Pawpaw, a Beloved Native Fruit, Could Seed a More Sustainable Future for Small Farms

Civil Eats

But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. A color break from green to yellow, to signify ripeness, would allow farmers to harvest the fruit more efficiently. D’Angelo says.

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Greens as a Secondary Income from your Cash Crop Plants

ATTRA

But did you know that our gardens have delectable green vegetables available for harvesting and consumption while we wait for the fruits to grow. Harvest the leaves when young and tender, as older leaves can be fibrous. Usually, you have them when harvesting large amounts of root carrots for storage.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

Since the beginning of the year, the harvest price of major crops traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange have fallen by an average of 21% while total production costs remain near record levels. Estimated 2024 net farm income for U.S. agriculture is projected to be down $55.61 USDA forecasts the U.S.

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Customer Story: Implementing AGRIVI FMS into Wine Production in Brazil

AGRIVI

Established in 2006, the winery has adopted a distinctive method of winter grape harvesting, known as double pruning, to mirror the conditions of the world’s leading wine regions. This is why we chose AGRIVI FMSto unite the traceability of our agricultural areas with financial routines in one efficient platform.”