Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Mixtures of grasses such as ryegrass, timothy, brome, fescue, Bermuda grass, and orchard grass are commonly used for hay. Because the leaf and seed of plants naturally contain more nutritional value than the stems, farmers typically harvest hay when the seeds are not quite ripe and the leaf is at its largest size.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

My Grandpa, My Tree, and Me by Roxanne Troup, illustrated by Kendra Binney On Grandpas orchard, one tree stands out among the rest: the pecan tree that he planted the day his granddaughter was born. The Pie that Molly Grew by Sue Heavenrich, illustrated by Chamisa Kellogg The Pie that Molly Grew begins with the planting of a single seed.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Growers in Michoacán are part of a certification program in which they are able to confirm that their fruit is free from certain pests such as avocado seed weevils or fruit flies, and their orchards are also subject to compliance checks by inspectors from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Why is this so?

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Caff

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted our second Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) field day at River Garden Farms on November 30th, 2021 titled “Cover Cropping, Sanitation and Mating Disruption in Walnuts.” They now cover crop every orchard, resulting in about 500 acres of open ground cover cropped.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2025

Two hundred years ago, many of these hillsides were timbered for orchards. Around forty years ago, most of the orchards were replaced with cattle pasture. Whatever happens, like the wildflower seeds that stick to my trousers, the land grabs hold of me, and it wont let go. Haying eventually stopped, and mowing stopped, too.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Inspired by the region’s tradition with apple orchards, another farmer worked with GLC to establish a new apple orchard with a long-term goal for a cidery. So Grayson LandCare was happy to help this member estalish an orchard.”

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cones from mother trees have been brought back to Washington State, where seeds have been extracted and orchards planted to gauge the trees’ adaptability to the Pacific Northwest. “Eurasian firs, particularly the Nordmann, Trojan and Turkey firs, have shown some resistance to the disease.”

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The American Society of Horticultural Science published a story in HortScience on a study that examined the economic viability of cover crops for citrus orchards in Florida. Cover crops can enhance soil health and tree well-being in citrus orchards, but they require investment in labor, seed, fuel and machinery.

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Caff

MAY 31, 2023

Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Locke Ranch on May 23rd. Attendees were treated to a walk through the orchard with Chris and Christy Locke, who were participants in the original BIOS project over twenty years ago.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 19, 2023

She has seen nearly half of her orchard wither in this year’s heat, but she’s most concerned about other farmers—who operate on thin margins and depend on growing crops to make a living. It has been so hot that seeds have failed to germinate, and farmers have had to dig wells for the first time.

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Caff

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) hosted our fourth Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day, titled “Effective IPM Strategies for Major Walnut Pests,” at Blossom Farms on July 12th. Randy also owns his own seed drillers, and plants cover crops on other farms in the area.

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NASDA

JUNE 22, 2023

Sincerely, 2 Blades Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Alliance to End Hunger American Association of Mycobacterial Diseases American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges American Dairy Science Association American Feed Industry Association American Institute of Biological Sciences American Malting Barley Association American Phytopathological (..)

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Farmbrite

JULY 18, 2024

Orchard grass hay is soft as well as palatable and good for animals with respiratory issues or animals that are picky or need variety in their meals. Orchard Grass Hay: A soft, palatable hay that's good for horses with respiratory issues. Orchard Grass Hay: Similar to Timothy, but softer and more palatable.

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Caff

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) hosted a Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems (BIOS) field day on November 30th in Clements, CA. Farmer Alicia Lewis-Rikkonen arranged a demonstration of a novel weed control technology, called FoamStream, in her olive orchard and vineyard.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We have a small orchard with a selection of apple trees – all eaters, but all different in shape and taste. Luckily, there are still many heritage orchards producing British apples and it is well worth seeking them out. Do your best to save as much as you can! The apples are complemented by a few pear trees and a quince.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16.

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Fork Farms

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The district, with classroom applications, manages and feeds the kids food from their 85-tree apple orchard, large outdoor garden, indoor greenhouse, and most recently their Flex Farms. In Holmen , the students learn with hands-on activities, including greenhouse and orchard management where they care for a variety of plants and food.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

Before planting, he’ll also coat his seeds in a mycorrhizal treatment, a powder of spores. We like to think of these wood chips as encouraging the fungi from the native forest around to come into our fields and partner with our orchards and with our crops.” This inoculates this critical, network-building fungi in the soil.

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UnderstandingAg

OCTOBER 29, 2023

and will have a number of new species added: Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium), elderberry (Sambucus), switchgrass (Panicum), prairie drop seed (Heterolepis), swamp azalea (Rhododendron), phlox, (Phlox), New England aster (Symphyotrichum), wood aster (Eurybia), and hairy vetch (Vicia).

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

Millborn Seeds is expanding their North American footprint with the acquisition of Union Forage in Alberta, Canada and Luhrs Certified Seed in Imperial, Nebraska. The acquisitions further deliver on Millborn’s commitment to create a vertically integrated seed supply chain.

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Caff

JANUARY 26, 2022

CLIMATE SMART FARMER OF THE YEAR: SIERRA ORCHARDS When a small film crew arrived at Sierra Orchards last year for a video shoot on integrated crop livestock systems, the interviewer asked farmer Sean McNamara about his seed mix.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 25, 2024

Q: If you want to plant an orchard with a guild but are limited on resources, which plants should be prioritized? For more nurseries in your area, check out the National Nursery and Seed Directory. We work closely with Canopy Farm Management , which offers agroforestry crops suited for the Midwest. Q: Where/how can I sell my products?

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Some years a region’s trees put out a bumper crop, a phenomenon known as mast seeding, while other years can see very little production. Robust processing capacity could also encourage those who own land to establish new orchards planted with under-appreciated species.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Processing berry pulp, from beak to butt, takes about 15 minutes, though, contrary to popular belief, most holly seeds do not depart through droppings. During a feeding frenzy, robins can regurgitate holly seeds more than 150 feet from the source. Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure.

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Case IH is introducing new tractor models for specialty crop producers that will integrate seamlessly into orchard operations of any size, delivering improved operator comfort, minimizing crop damage and enhancing productivity. In Canada, 4-wheel-drive tractor sales remained unchanged at 49 units in January compared to 2023.

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CalCAN

AUGUST 10, 2023

Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Yet, this equipment is usually needed only a few days out of the year.

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CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

Their neighbors’ operations include vineyards, orchards, grain and vegetables. The collective currently shares two mid-sized combine harvesters, one mini-combine harvester, a compost spreader, two seed cleaners, a berm flamer, a no-till drill, and a foliar spray trailer.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Jenna also opens up about her experience as a BIPOC farmer and land steward in Alberta, and the importance of creating accessibility for marginalized communities to access land to grow food, forage, and save seeds, while participating in dialogue on land stewardship and climate change. Why are there not more BIPOC seed keepers?

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Caff

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You know, if you have a vineyard and your neighbor has a walnut orchard, you don’t need sheep in there at the exact same time.” These discussions were supported by booths with resources from NRCS, Kamprath Seeds, and Lodi Rules. You may have to network with some other farmers and figure it out.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM CIVIL EATS Written by: Lisa Held January 13, 2023 Inside a 4,000-square-foot greenhouse in west Baltimore at the end of June, untended basil plants were falling over and going to seed. School was out, so the farmers—students at public charter school Green Street Academy —had abandoned their crops for the summer.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

CONTENT SOURCED FROM ENERGY NEWS NETWORK Written by: Kari Lydersen Maine’s wild blueberries are a unique crop that can’t be planted from seed, explains lifelong blueberry farmer Paul Sweetland. We’re looking at everything from orchard crops like apples to potatoes to grazing systems to hay to forage,” he said.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 11, 2023

A disused orchard that had been stewarded by the Sisters of St. We learned that the garden is home to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) foodways that serve as an archive of seeds for African, Middle Eastern, and Four Corners bio-regional terraces, to protect culturally rooted, regionally adapted foods.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 29, 2023

On the farm there we plant our seeds for corn and potatoes in March, in the field, just using the hoe. We decided last year that we would grow chilacayote, so I asked my mom to send us seeds, and she sent 5,000. Ana Lopez inspects a tree seedling in a Tierra y Libertad orchard. Then we harvest in September.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The mesquite trees’ seed pods can be ground into a sweet, protein-rich flour used to make bread, cookies, and pancakes. She pointed to the Philadelphia Orchard Project as an emblem of success. The food bank is also organizing workshops on growing, pruning, and harvesting, as well as courses on cooking with mesquite flour.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Even monarch butterflies have lost habitat due to the prevalence of monocrop avocado orchards, along the once lush, biodiverse hillsides of Michoacán in Mexico. On the impacts of neonics—the chemicals that coat most corn and soy seeds in this country—especially, her experience illuminates so much. Jewell asks.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

At the apple orchard where I used to work, autumn’s encroaching frenzy had the most unassuming harbinger. That lonely tree stood apart from the rest of the orchard—its companions had long since died—as a sentinel from a bygone era. full_link READ MORE Learn how the resurgence of hard cider is restoring old apple orchards.

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