Civil Eats

APRIL 29, 2024

It helps increase yields and the nutrient content of crops, reduce synthetic fertilizer use, and improve soil health and water retention, among other benefits. The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) currently requires compost to be derived from plant and animal materials, such as manure, food scraps, leaves, and straw.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 1, 2024

The polymer can yield various end products depending on the twisting of yarns. Cotton growing at Viriditas Farm, where rotational crops like heirloom Sonora wheat bolster root material and straw to build soil organic matter with each crop year. Spiber Inc’s Brewed Protein filament yarns have a silk-like sheen and texture.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. For composting systems, nutrients (like nitrogen) can be added in the form of green materials (grass clippings, kitchen scraps), and carbon (in the form of dry leaves, and straw) that can balance the nitrogen.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This morning, while he waits for help, he reaches a pitchfork up into a back compartment of the machine to pull out the straw that got stuck. Patrick adjusts the bolts that control the straw-release door on the back of the machine so its open 6 inches wider than it was, and then he and Hedgepeth climb the five-step ladder up front.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent. The widespread practice, which took place through the late aughts, “had a deleterious effect on soil quality,” says Richard H.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2024

The prevailing model involves taking care of the crop’s nutritional needs with chemicals, bumping up the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in an effort to maximize the yield of the crop. It is always covered with straw, leaf mold, or wood chips,” says Leah Penniman, the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York. “We

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Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 14, 2023

This reached its most extreme level in the 1970s, when tens of thousands of acres of straw were burned in the fields every summer in the UK, sometimes setting fire to hedgerows as well. However, a recent review of 25 commercial mycorrhizal inoculants concluded that only one of the inoculants resulted in higher yields.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Warming has led to reduced agricultural productivity and diminished crop yields , while major disasters throttle the supply chain. Neither Trump nor Harris address this in their platform, but history yields clues to what their presidency might mean for this vital work. grocery store prices.

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