Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A daytime sleep schedule can curb quality time spent with loved ones, as well as limit when wares can be sold or traded in local markets. to beat the heat, collecting milk from their buffalo and preparing products to sell in the market during the dusky hours of the morning. We are not working at night, said Rabari.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Despite being "perfectly good to eat," up to 40 percent of Melvin's 36 hectares of cauliflower gets plowed back into the ground each year, according to the Nova Scotia farmer's estimates. "We We often get into a situation where we try to do something and the market demand is not quite as good as what we thought it would be."

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The launch of the Assisting Specialty Crop Exports (ASCE) initiative will provide $65 million for projects that will help the specialty crop sector increase global exports and expand to new markets. with the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress, the Golden Plow award. Additionally, USDA is announcing $72.9

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Far Eastern Agriculture

JULY 19, 2024

IDTechEx’s new report, ‘Battery Markets in Construction, Agriculture and Mining Machines 2024-2034’, showed that CAM machines require a diverse range of battery solutions to cater to their individual needs It has taken around 15 years to convince car owners that battery power is a viable alternative to their fossil fuel comfort blanket.

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Cropaia

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Traditional plowing or tilling can disrupt the soil structure, making it more susceptible to erosion. Government and Market Support: Advocate for policies and market incentives that favor sustainable farming practices. Over time, they improve soil structure, reduce erosion, and increase soil moisture retention.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Setting up the farm was a challenge for Mattia - the physical labor was exhausting, and additionally, Mattia was not familiar with plowing, crop production, or other farm procedures. The slime is used in various beauty products that the farm markets and sells in their own cosmetics product line. It is located on 1.2

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We know that industrial monocultures achieve high yields for global markets. year after year, usually with a non-cover fallow, intensive moldboard plowing, and the additions of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. Plant a cover crop and, bingo, you’re a regenerative farmer. Photo: Lee Rinehart, NCAT I did some reading.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

These days, farming is a lot more than just plowing the field and planting seeds. Farming also includes marketing your goods, managing finances and employees, keeping up with technology —and that's just the beginning. Here are some other ideas on adding capital once you have land.

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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. These are climate solutions that will sustain both farmers and the food system in spite of weather and market challenges.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

Eventually, the Cobbs would decide to bring in livestock to graze, mimicking herds of wild buffalo that once roamed these prairies and added nutrients with their manure, and voila: They had meat to market while restoring the earth, storing carbon, and keeping the land farmland. Some of the challenges can be impossible to plan for.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 1, 2023

There is no need for another yet-to-be proven technology-driven approach to climate change mitigation that is not based in sound science and marketability and distracts from other, more effective actions, like reducing reliance on fossil fuels,” a group of scientists wrote in the journal Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture last year.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 13, 2023

More importantly, the agency aims to catalyze new, premium markets for products such as climate-smart corn, soybeans, and beef, which it hopes will spur farmers to continue these practices far into the future. The emerging market for climate-friendly products, he added, represents “a transformational opportunity for U.S. agriculture.”

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Caff

MAY 24, 2022

youth and adult volunteers Location: Fresno, California Acres in cultivation: Less than one acre Marketing: farmer’s markets, farm stand and CSA Crops: mixed vegetables “I think the food safety piece is just as important as all the other stuff that we do. It’s just as important as plowing, making rows and laying irrigation lines.”

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

And there’s a new and potentially powerful player in the game: private carbon markets that are starting to pay farmers for the carbon they sequester. And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields. But as the hype for cover crops mounts, so does the scrutiny. percent for corn and 3.5

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Civil Eats

JUNE 4, 2024

Seed farming offers farmers an additional revenue stream with a lighter lift than market farming, with less field time, lower seed costs, if any, and a ready market as demand for seeds outstrips supply. link] I would follow Granddaddy out to the garden that was plowed by the mule. Raised in Farmville and Compton, California.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MARCH 1, 2025

Diesel-powered tractors replaced horse-powered plows, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers replaced their manure. By the early 1980s, giant grain-trading companies like Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill were scrambling to find profitable markets for this bounty. In the years after World War II, U.S.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 23, 2024

As a result, the comparatively few legislators representing agricultural areas need the votes of colleagues who wouldn’t know a harrow from a plow. In contrast to a century ago, when a quarter of Americans lived on the farm, most members of Congress today hail from urban and suburban areas, where most of us now live.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Farmers markets cropped up around the country. At issue, you may recall, was a news report that questioned the safety and nutritional quality of “pink slime,” a low-cost filler used in mass-market ground beef that was officially known as “lean finely textured beef.” Fusion cuisine, from fajitas to Chinese chicken salad, was everywhere.

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