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Watching Grass Grow … From Space

Modern Farmer

Last year, Planet and Organic Valley completed a pilot program using satellite imagery to evaluate pasture health in service of regenerative rotational grazing. My father initially started off plowing with a horse, and here we are talking about using satellite data to measure grass at home. Agriculture is no exception.

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Meet the Ranchers Trying to Restore Grasslands

Modern Farmer

In the spring, Steward moves her cattle out to pastures that have rested over the winter, but by the long heat of the summer, she’s wary of the ground getting too hot and baking, so she maintains a good litter cover while moving her cattle into shaded areas. million acres of grasslands across the Canadian and US Great Plains were plowed over.

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Seeing the Farm with Fresh Eyes

ATTRA

When he dug deeper (literally) he saw that the soils farmers were working with had an impenetrable plow pan layer about 6 inches below the surface, so the cotton plant roots could not access the nutrients they needed, even though the nutrients were present. The soil had lost its structure because of the way it was being managed.

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Can Taller Cover Crops Help Clean the Water in Farm Country?

Civil Eats

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently called on three state agencies to take action to protect the health of rural residents. Since the 1940s , oats, wheat, hay, and pasture have been replaced by a duoculture of corn and soybeans. That’s where the sorghum-sudangrass comes in.

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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

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. In addition, it included increased funds for the Rural Energy for America Program. There are a few important things to understand about the IRA.