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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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Selection criteria and yield stability in a large collection of African yam bean [ Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. Trees on farms improve dietary quality in rural Malawi. Spanish chickpea gene-bank seeds ( Cicer arietinum L.) offer an enhanced nutritional quality and polyphenol profile compared with commercial cultivars.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 17, 2023

Then, we’ll hear from Albert Tenuta, plant pathologist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, on tar spot risk in. 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

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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AgWeb Farm Journal

JULY 27, 2023

They need to be able to make real-time decisions that increase yields," says Sen. “Producers looking to adopt precision ag technologies need network connectivity that extends far past their residences. Fischer (R-Neb.).

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Food Tank

APRIL 1, 2025

Jokalante, for example, was founded by rural Senegalese woman Ndeye Amy Kebe who is well versed in these challenges. Its not just the existence of these activities, but the way these activities are being implemented, that are making them impactful for women. Can we please count on you to be part of our growing movement?

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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. Breeding crops for higher nutritional value comes at a yield price. Revive and Thrive: Forgotten Crops for Resilient Food Systems.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. There are several dedicated rural partnership investments with the potential to dramatically increase support for regional food enterprises.

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Global Agtech Initiative

DECEMBER 16, 2023

GEODNET’s data service combined with DST's automated tractor solutions will help farmers improve efficiency, yields, and reduce input costs. The post Deep Sand Technology, GEODNET Foundation Join Forces to Bring Affordable Precision Ag RTK Services to Rural North America appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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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. Every year, my yields are better, and Im putting less and less into the land.

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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. Maintaining yields and managing production costs.

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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. The few farmers who planted pearl millet, finger millet, or sorghum had better yields. The drought has left more than 7 million people without enough food.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

DECEMBER 19, 2024

More gene-edited traits including yield enhancements, herbicide tolerance and quality improvements are advancing through regulatory pipelines.

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America by Sonja Trom Eayrs Attorney and farmers daughter Eayrs chronicles the long history of havoc wreaked by corporate farms on rural communities. And Hawken reveals what possibilities the element may open up in the future.

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Agwired

MARCH 12, 2025

Nutrien Ag Solutions is excited to announce the 2024 winners of its Sustainable Success Champion program and acknowledge Dyna-Gro Seed customers who placed in national and company-based high-yield contests. SweetWater Technologies is proud to announce a powerful new addition to its crop input arsenal, DRONEZONE RECHARGED.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

As more people pour into metropolises—urban populations are projected to double in the next three decades, according to the World Bank —scientists like Bousselot are investigating how designers and planners can ruralize cities, greening roofs, and empty lots. What we should probably focus on is resilience overall.” “The

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 26, 2023

Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio with host Shaun Haney! We will hear an interview with Kelvin Heppner of RealAgriculture and the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie Claude Bibeau on the decisions made on MRLs and cosmetic pesticide use. We will also hear an interview from RealAgriculture’s Kara.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

However, on balance I would argue that this has not been good for rural America. And its not just our farmers and ranchers who are affected, its their local communities scattered all across rural America that have decayed right alongside them. In the process it led to the decline of our rural communities.

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Civil Eats

JULY 17, 2024

Many growers see it as a bottleneck: Propagation from wild-harvested seaweed is costly, lengthy, and ties rural coastal communities to laboratories that are often hours, if not days, away. The yield is an average of 4 pounds of mature kelp per foot, which nets about 50 cents a pound, according to Lindell. “I 2 is yield.

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Food Tank

MARCH 22, 2025

Examples of adaptation technologies include drought-resistant crop varieties, climate-smart irrigation systems, and agroforestry practices, which help conserve water, protect soils, and improve crop yields under changing conditions.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. Small and midsized farmers are being forced out, with consequences for rural communities. The marginalization of smaller-scale farms has severe consequences.

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ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

Let’s suppose that a farmer wants to know why he is experiencing low crop yields, and after brainstorming he has determined that five areas are likely causes (Labor, Tools, Materials, Management, and Methodology). Let’s create a table of processes that are found underneath those categories to keep track of errors that occur.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

More efficient watering, in other words, could mean healthier crops and higher yields, but an increase in overall water use. “So “Well, now we’re potentially increasing the amount of water that a crop is taking up, right, and we’re reducing the return flow downstream.”

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

I’d imagine a lot of farmland investors want to see numbers on a spreadsheet about how to maximize yield from acreage,” he says. Not only does she see a future of collaboration among the farmers in this corner of rural Maryland, she wants to feed the people who live here, too. “A We didn’t look anywhere else,” Taylor said.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This community used to form the backbone of UK rural culture, however, during my lifetime of dairy farming, it has been decimated. Worst of all, it will perpetuate and accelerate the loss of one of our most precious cultural assets, the small family-run dairy farm. In response, I said, “Good answer.

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Ohio State University

JULY 12, 2024

These investments are cost-effective and yield significant long-term health benefits, particularly for marginalized groups.” Financial barriers to healthcare access, physician shortages, rural hospital closures, and general difficulty in accessing the healthcare system are pressing issues in the U.S.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In Mexico, climate change has caused a decline in yields—including a 35 percent reduction in the bean crop while increasingly ferocious hurricanes have wiped out fruit crops. The country has pioneered a move towards agroecology for two decades and has already seen a 4 percent improvement in rural food security.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 20, 2024

The research from the University of Michigan-led study seems to show that fruit and vegetables grown in urban ag have a carbon footprint six times larger than that of “conventionally grown” food (meaning, on rural farmland). They’re not exactly “yield-maximizing” practices on display. It has prioritized cost and yield over all else.

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UnderstandingAg

MAY 3, 2024

Overapplying readily available N can also interfere with the uptake of other nutrients and lead to yield drag and profit loss, just as underapplying can. It also creates an entirely new industry built around regenerating the soil that would provide good jobs in rural areas and opportunities for young people to get involved in agriculture.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Read all the stories in this series: A Black-Led Agricultural Community Takes Shape in Maryland An urban farm trailblazer begins building a Black agrarian corridor in rural Maryland, fostering community and climate resilience. Land access was the first step.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Mockernut and shagbark hickories, when pounded and simmered in water, yield a milk Holt describes as “liquid banana-nut bread.” Justin Holt shows off a handful of hickory nuts, which he says yield a milk similar to “liquid banana-nut bread.” Now, there are bowls of acorns all over my house!”

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

And the world of precision farming methods, like GPS and sensors, save water, use fewer chemicals, and enhance crop yields with less environmental harm. Rural Sociology, 89: 3-39. No-till drills and roller crimpers make cover cropping easier. Tractors require capital to purchase, rent, or borrow. Another barrier is knowledge.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

NSAC hopes that Congress can ultimately see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs through RCPP, as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate. 5102, 5103, 5019, 5110, 5202, 5503, 5402, 112205 ) Title 6 – Rural Development Includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program.

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The Equation

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In early 2023, I had the opportunity to serve as the reviewer of Chapter 11 (Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities) of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA 5 ). Rural communities are vital to US agriculture, since they are home to most of the land under cultivation and provide much of the workforce for the agriculture sector.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Corn and soybeans dominate the Hawkeye State’s rural landscapes. You saw people coming back, to buy land and buy houses, and wanting to live in more rural communities and have that quality of life and sense of connection and sense of community,” said Giselle Bruskewitz of Iowa Valley Resource Conservation & Development.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 19, 2023

How AI in Agriculture Has Already Changed Us Even before self-driving cars hit the consumer market, farmers were plowing fields with GPS-guided tractors. In the mid-1990s, John Deere began using GPS technology for precision agriculture, combining GPS location data with sensor readings to determine crop yield.

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Civil Eats

APRIL 9, 2025

She is is a project manager with IREACH at Washington State University, a research institute that promotes health and healthcare equity within Indigenous and rural populations. Ellison left the islands when she was 8 years old and grew up in Las Vegas. She said she didnt believe kalo could be grown in Oregons climate.

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