Food Politics

JANUARY 16, 2024

Lower yields (but we overproduce meat anyway). We used on-farm data collected from the Michigan State University Lake City AgBioResearch Center for AMP [adaptive multi-paddock] grazing. They enrich soil rather than polluting it, air, and water, as do animals raised in CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations). The downside?

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Modern Farmer

MAY 23, 2024

Unlike wildlife scat , which spreads seeds and returns nature’s nutrients in a balanced way, most conventional pet diets yield large amounts of waste. Farmers and gardeners often use livestock manure from poultry, cattle or horses. As snow melted, piles of manure reappeared and infiltrated waterways.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With the help of a neighbor, the three children mix manure, spread, mulch, and sow seeds while uniting neighbors and demonstrating the power of community. But readers will discover that this small act yields a pumpkin that is lovely to behold and ready to be turned into a delicious pie that can be shared with friends.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

You will just keep experiencing the same symptoms – surface crusting, ruts, wet spots, stunted growth, lost yield, and many others – until you address the underlying cause of the problem, which is poor aggregate formation and the lack of living roots. Try to always apply manure to a living crop.

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UnderstandingAg

APRIL 30, 2023

Manure slurry is a valuable but difficult resource to manage on dairy farms. Slurry pits must be emptied to make room for the never-ending stream of manure. Manure is often not a top priority for most dairies and handling may have to wait until seasonal fieldwork is completed. This causes the soil microbiology to go dormant.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Farm income, yields and food availability have all increased tremendously since the inception of the Farm Bill in 1933, in line with its original intent. This has led to crop insurance programs and a host of other safety nets, which aim to protect producers from market instability and variations in yields and production.

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Cropaia

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Biochar is created by heating biomass, such as forest waste or animal manure, in a low-oxygen environment—a process known as pyrolysis. Third, Hardin and other farmers are seeking new ways to increase their yields by improving soil health.

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Kavya Organic Farm

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some examples of fertilising plants organically are; Agricultural waste Manure from livestock Industrial waste However, inorganic fertilisers exist too which are responsible for directly affecting the soil through chemicals. Molecules are added to the fertilising plants and this promotes soil enrichment and even reproduction amongst plants.

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UnderstandingAg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Single axle grain carts and large combines are the worst offenders, but manure tankers and larger tractors also easily exceed 10 tons/axle. These systems reduce compaction and should help improve yields. Unfortunately, as the table below shows, most modern equipment can easily exceed the recommended axle weights.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Biochar is a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes (wood chips, logging slash, manure, or other plant byproducts) in a low-oxygen environment. To increase the value and effectiveness of the compost, they add 10% biochar into the mix.

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Compost Fertilizer Processing Forestry 111

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Dumping manure in public spaces, hurling eggs at government buildings, blocking major roads —the European farmers who have taken to the streets to challenge free trade policies sure know how to raise a ruckus. And as European farmers have shown, protest can yield results. Do such proposals challenge free trade? Yes, they do.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Poor soils can cut crop yields by up to 50 percent—which, if we’re not careful, could result in more soil being tilled to grow more crops, which degrades more soil, which pushes us closer to climate catastrophe. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate. We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Most folks and organizations are aligned on the need to protect and support soil health, which can in turn improve carbon sequestration, crop yield potential, water infiltration and retention and reduce erosion. On the farm, they minimize and reuse waste streams by recycling animals and manure that act as food for black soldier fly grubs.

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Poultry Farming Farming Processing 128

Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

It helps increase yields and the nutrient content of crops, reduce synthetic fertilizer use, and improve soil health and water retention, among other benefits. The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw.

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ATTRA

APRIL 7, 2025

The Core Principles of Syntropic Agriculture Syntropic agriculture is based on multi-strata planting, mimicking natural forest succession to increase biodiversity and yields while reducing external inputs over time. Chickens can play a role in pest management while depositing nutrient-rich manure, further enhancing nutrient cycling.

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The Counter

MAY 19, 2022

Every year, California dairy farms emit hundreds of thousands of tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which gets released when livestock operations pool manure in open-air lagoons. However, according to aggregate program data, manure-based fuels generated a total of over 2.1 This story was published in partnership with Grist.

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Cropaia

MAY 25, 2024

It is a stable form of charcoal created by heating organic materials, such as crop residues, wood chips, and manure, in the absence of oxygen. This pH adjustment can lead to improved crop yields and soil health. Biochar is a carbon-rich material produced through the pyrolysis of organic biomass.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

A third party verifies all these processes to ensure reporting meets GHG Protocol, SEC, SBTi, the Gold Standard, and Verra requirements and that the data can be trusted and relied upon.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The vineyards are weeded only using hoes, never herbicides, and fertilized with manure. The hilly, coastal prefecture is known for its ideal ecological conditions which yield high-quality rice. Drop Bear Beer, United Kingdom Drop Bear Beer maintains the craft of brewing but leaves the alcohol and the carbon emissions behind.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Then, once farms have been certified, there’s a yearly testing process, which dives deep into the farm’s yield and audits its books. “We What were the yields in a given week? But inspectors look at the books and realize the yield sold is much closer to 200 acres. What happens if their manure comes under scrutiny?

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

AUGUST 30, 2022

Some have joined groups to learn about innovative farming practices such as cover crops, minimum tillage or low-disturbance manure application. It’s not just manure causing (groundwater contamination) problems, it’s also fertilizer. “So We can’t go out there and not get the yields.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 15, 2023

It would cover the cost of installing equipment and infrastructure for dry scraping manure or separating solids to produce compost for bedding, for application to fields as a substitute for chemical fertilizer, or for sale. Not only will this effort increase hardiness and yields for farmers, but it will also enable the U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 14, 2023

The mix fixes nitrogen and livestock can graze the mix directly in the field, returning nutrients to the soil via manure. For example, research demonstrates that genetic diversity within a single-species monoculture may make yields more stable. Carefully planned crop rotations often increase the yield of the primary crop.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

Salts from added compost, manure, or fertilizers can build up in the rain-free environment of a tunnel and accumulate near the soil surface, affecting crop growth. If compost is used as a soil amendment, using vegetation-based compost instead of composted animal manure can reduce the possibility of salt build-up in the soil.

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Cropaia

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This technique aims to enhance soil fertility, control pests and diseases, and optimize crop yield. They serve as green manure and contribute organic matter to the soil upon decomposition. Crop rotation is a common agronomic practice that involves the systematic sequencing of different crops in a specific field over several seasons.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

They will compare the blueberry yield among the plants fully shaded by panels, plants partially shaded by panels, and plants with full sun. We saw doubling of yield of tomatoes using 30% less water, and we saw tripling of yield for beans and peppers using half as much water.

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Agriculture for Life

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

By applying fertilizers to your garden, lost nutrients are replenished and this year’s plants will have the food they need to grow healthy and give good yields. As a result, spraying foliage with AgriPOWER HGDF liquid nutrients can produce remarkable yields.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When his father, Randy, equipped his combine with a yield monitor in the early 1990s, teenage Ryan thought it was a huge step forward for the family farm. Using manure as a natural fertilizer helps them maximize the efficiency of having cattle and crops.

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Growth and Yield: Many types of grass are perennials and have regrowth ability. Combining different hay types, such as grass-legume mixes, can enhance forage quality and yield. It is known to be a top choice to grow in grazing areas, for hay, silage, and green manure or cover crops. Plants will grow better with the correct PH.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

While these breeding programs furthered the base of scientific knowledge around plant breeding and led to significant increases in yields, farmers were slowly pushed out of their historical role as the primary stakeholders in seed saving and development. Diverse plants and manure must take their place.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Soil is the foundation of your farm, the living system that provides nutrition for all the plants and animals that live there. Here are six ways you can improve long-term soil health on your farm: What is soil health?

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

Alternative Manure Management Practices (AMMP) The FFNSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. This approach is misguided given the ample evidence that scale-neutral, management-intensive practices likely yield even greater environmental benefits.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Improved cost-share accounting for income forgone when farmers experience losses in revenue due to production changes, anticipated reductions in yield, transitioning to an organic resource-conserving system, or acreage converted to conservation uses. Expanded definition of “conservation activities” to include mitigating GHG emissions.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, solutions to livestock methane center on feed supplements and energy capture from liquid manure systems rather than grazing systems. Rising pest pressure, wildfire smoke, and drought are also concerns–already in 2020 and 2021 wheat and barley declined in yield as a result of droughts.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 12, 2023

This has helped immensely when weather conditions are not ideal, particularly as they grow large amounts of green manures which, when incorporated into the soil, help to boost organic matter and retain moisture beneath the surface. While in the early stages, these trials have already yielded valuable insights for the Global Farm Metric team.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Moreover, by increasing the presence of deeper rooted perennials and distributing manure, such practices can increase the overall carbon sequestration of a grazing system. Some selections can increase yields and profits per acre. Such changes leave the system less vulnerable to temperature extremes, droughts, and floods.

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