ATTRA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He would let the cover crop grow and overwinter and then plow down the following spring for green manure. Periodic mowing keeps it under control and adds a green manure mulch to the crops. Instead, I can terminate my winter cover and lightly plow it in this spring, put out my transplants, and undersow white clover.

Crop 79

Crop Plowing Manure Farming 79

DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence. Leverage remote sensing to assess environmental impacts About one-third of the data needed to assess a field’s environmental impact can be provided by remote sensing.

Farming 98

Farming Farming Crop Rotation Grain 98

CalCAN

APRIL 6, 2023

The plowing of agricultural land during the 19th and 20th century released vast stores of carbon dioxide , only a small part of which has since been returned to the soil. Finally, it creates a program to help producers shift toward dry management of manure.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Agriculture Greenhouse Food 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 1, 2025

Diesel-powered tractors replaced horse-powered plows, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers replaced their manure. In the years after World War II, U.S. farms in the upper Midwest underwent an industrial revolution. As a result of this tech boom, yields the amount of corn and soybeans produced per acre increased steadily. Will it work?

Food 59

Food Crop Processing Tractor 59