Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist Horst Bohner says growers are okay with the “power lean” — that’s when pod-laden plants tilt slightly under the weight of their bean bounty. When soybean plants lodge, bad things happen.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 30, 2023

Strong plant stands can set a soybean crop up for big yields. But difficult spring conditions can leave soybean seedlings fighting to emerge and unable to contribute to the population levels needed to reach yield expectations. In Ontario, typically one to four per cent of the soybean acres fail to establish adequate plant stands and.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Investing in organic research provides farmers, both certified organic and non-certified, with innovative solutions and practical tools that enhance profitability, mitigate financial and ecological risks, and foster economic growth and social well-being in rural communities. Organic production of crop seeds and transplants.

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Food Tank

MARCH 20, 2024

The organization employs young agriculturists, rural development professionals, and social workers whose knowledge and experiences they feel are key in addressing social problems across the region. Through ongoing engagement with community members, NAS began a seed banking initiative to help them work toward food sovereignty.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Spanish chickpea gene-bank seeds ( Cicer arietinum L.) Trees on farms improve dietary quality in rural Malawi. A multicriteria analysis of meat and milk alternatives from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives. Pulses would seem to be a good bet as healthy foods. Yeah, but some pulses are better than others.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 23, 2023

From variable planting depth to moisture availability at seeding depth or untimely rains that seal some seeds underground — every uneven soybean field has a story. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs soybean specialist Horst Bohner has seen his fair share of. Read More

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In a rural area, that same mile of cable might connect a single family, so ISPs aren’t financially incentivized to run cable in those regions. Meinrath says when you get down into the data, you find that the majority of people who aren’t connected to the internet are rural Americans and the poorest in the country.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A new initiative seeks to increase the number of farmers of color through a new freight farm to be placed in rural Minnesota. In February, Route 1 will place its first freight farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 17, 2023

We will hear from Peter Johnson of RealAgriculture on nitrogen, ultra early seeding, sunshine, and much more! Then, we’ll hear from Albert Tenuta, plant pathologist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, on tar spot risk in. Read More

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They selected seeds for many different traits, such as flavor, texture and color. Displaced from the Land As Euro-Americans settled permanently on the most fertile North American lands and acquired seeds that Native growers had carefully bred, they imposed policies that made Native farming practices impossible.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

When Michael Kotutwa Johnson goes out to the acreage behind his stone house to harvest his corn, his fields look vastly different from the endless rows of corn you see in much of rural North America. Traditionally, Hopi women are the seed keepers, and the art of dry farming starts with the right seeds.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In a rural area, that same mile of cable might connect a single family, so ISPs aren’t financially incentivized to run cable in those regions. Meinrath says when you get down into the data, you find that the majority of people who aren’t connected to the internet are rural Americans and the poorest in the country.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It can also promote healthier soil, reduce pest problems, and boost rural economies. Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding. Incorporating indigenous vegetables into our local farming system can disrupt this pattern.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After looking in vain for an affordable local wheat source, Ellis decided to experiment with dry-farming the grain himself on a small piece of land 45 miles north of San Diego, in rural Valley Center. He’s been collecting seeds for years. “I Farmers are more than happy to receive packets of our seeds and sow them.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

He stooped to point out a red one whose seeds he had ordered from Peru. Ortega Urban Farms, which Vargas built from scratch over two decades on a pair of vacant lots, is a labor of love rooted in his rural childhood, where agricultural techniques were part of the family lore. I eat a lot of vegetables,” he said. “If

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NASDA

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Without guaranteed funding, the progress made in these areas is expected to stall, potentially setting back years of advancement in agricultural research, rural support, and conservation efforts.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 23, 2024

For many, this program has provided the invaluable experience of being seen, valued, and appreciated for the first time in a long timea seed planted at the start of their journey back to community and purpose through agriculture.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

Shout out for the Access Agriculture farmer-to-farmer educational video platform from the Seed System Newsletter. This book says that be just the ticket for rural revitalisation. Really no end to them. Want some c**k beer with your Lincolnshire beans? I bet you do. Nothing on walnuts, alas. Or c**k beer.

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RR2CS

AUGUST 28, 2023

Will widespread adoption of regenerative agriculture automatically lead to the rejuvenation of rural communities? By Derek Leahy I have been given this amazing opportunity to travel Canada and interview agricultural producers about regenerative agriculture for the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast. food, fibre, medicine, etc.).

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 20, 2024

Kendra Kimbirauskas and Starla Tillinghast are dairy farmers who live in Scio, a small town in the rural Willamette Valley in Oregon. Home to covered bridges, seed crops, grazing lands, hazelnuts, timber, and small, well-tended dairies, this small farming community wasn’t against raising animals to feed people.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These methods include wide row spacing, planting multiple seeds per hole, and planting drought-tolerant varieties of seeds. Our seeds have been adapted for over 3,000 years to be raised with little moisture.” For him, agricultural resilience in the West means less manipulation of the environment.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

But he believes that there is a new way forward, advocating for a transformation that supports agroecology, rural communities, and networks of smaller cities. The Proof Is in the Dough: Rural Southern Women, Extension, and Money Making by Kathryn L.

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Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

Syngenta Seeds was pleased to make a big announcement the first day of Farm Progress Show Tuesday about a new agreement with Sustainable Oils, Inc. By supporting farmers and offering a sustainable source of fuel and animal feed, this partnership represents a win-win for producers, the environment, and the rural economy. “By

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 3, 2024

Photo provided by Grayson LandCare) Grayson Landcare also acts as an incubator for rural innovation. More efforts, like The Free Market – a store where neighbors exchange household-items – and a Seeds Exchange Library, complete an impressive portfolio of community-lead projects.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I love direct seeding crops; it feels like an act of faith that the seeds won’t fail, or the weeds won’t choke them out. If I can help it, I don’t waste seeds on soil that is too hot or too cold. I need this textural perfection for the seeding tools made for freshly tilled and shaped beds. Jang seeder.

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Cropin Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

The food journey begins with seeds, and it plays a fundamental role in the entire food ecosystem – by supporting the livelihoods of farmers and rural communities, improving food security and nutrition, contributing to sustainable usage of agri-input resources, and mitigating climate change.

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Agwired

MARCH 12, 2025

BioLumic , the worlds only company programming seed traits with light, has launched its first commercial Trait Activation System at Gro Alliances seed production facility in Cuba City, Wisconsin. SweetWater Technologies is proud to announce a powerful new addition to its crop input arsenal, DRONEZONE RECHARGED.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

While the AfCFTA aims to eliminate global trade barriers and boost intra-Africa trade, many civil society organizations worry that regulations will endanger seed systems and smallholder farmers’ rights. Nearly half of all African countries have already introduced an intellectual property rights system on seeds.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the challenges for America’s farmers and ranchers continue to grow, we believe crop insurance as a safety net is only becoming more important to stability in rural America and a secure domestic food supply. USDA and Congress have taken extraordinary ad hoc measures over the past few years to ensure the financial security of rural America.

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UnderstandingAg

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In our rural high schools, almost every FFA kid grew up on a farm and was directly involved in production agriculture. When we asked why they chose the soil on the right, the answer was typically some version of “because the nutrients are dissolved in the water” or “because that powdery soil looks like it would be better to plant a seed into.”

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The governor of North Carolina had authorized the dumping of the soil, contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which had been linked to cancer, in the rural county. In the rural Hecks Grove communityless than a mile from where Robert E. As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

With up to 70 percent of Zimbabwe’s population surviving on rural economic activitiesmostly rain-fed crop farmingrecurring droughts are devastating to the country. According to Brazier, there is still a perception among most eaters that millets and sorghum are unpalatable foods associated with poverty and rural areas.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Biotechnology company, Qi Biodesign recently announced the completion of its million dollar Series A funding round to pioneer next-gen genome editing technologies The company has raised a total of US$75mn across its Seed, Series Pre-A , and Series A stages.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

There is a strong market demand for local products from agroecological farms and producers, including green leafy vegetables, fruits, grains, small livestock, and native seeds. Climate resilience requires broad participation from the most vulnerable farmers who are rural women dependent on natural resources for their well-being.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Increase the efficiency and reduce labor costs of seeding transplant trays in your greenhouse with this self-built vacuum seeder. Increase the efficiency and reduce labor costs of seeding transplant trays in your greenhouse with this self-built vacuum seeder. Department of Agriculture.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Planting the Seeds of Justice This article is part of our ongoing series, Planting the Seeds of Justice , in which we focus on the connections between climate, health, soil health, and equity for farmers of color. She chuckles while explaining how she got there: in an RV with two loved ones and two dogs. Land access was the first step.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Fortunately, there are more advantages to growing more diverse crops than its possible positive effect on diet diversity… Why traditional rural landscapes are still important to our future. Revive and Thrive: Forgotten Crops for Resilient Food Systems. …yes indeed there are, especially if they are grown in diverse landscapes.

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