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Farmers swap crops for energy as east of England solar farm proposals double
Applications on sites in Herts, Cambridgeshire and Essex climb to 840 megawatts in last five months
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Topics: Soil Health, Soybeans, Precision AG , Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Ag Podcast US, Water, Economics, Sustainability, Crop Diseases, Weather,
Blowing it? Consultant urges winter rye cover crops as a moisture and weed management tool | The Mitchell Republic
Farmers in the southern Red River Valley who experienced drought conditions a month ago, along with 50 mph winds, now have gotten a shot of rain. Soils that moved also moved weed seed, which can contaminate neighboring fields with tough-to-control waterhemp. A return to hot, dry conditions makes those weeds even harder to control.
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Topics: Precision AG , Agriculture Global, Economics, World Population, Coronavirus/COVID, Ag North America,
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06/28/2021 SOURCE: ritzherald.com
Corn is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. But stalk lodging destroys up to one-quarter of the U.S. corn crop each year. Stalk lodging is breakage of the stalk at or below the ear. when Last August, a derecho — a straight-line windstorm with hurricane-force winds —…
Stronger Corn Stalks Could Lead to Greater Food Security | The Ritz Herald
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06/28/2021 SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com
Farming the date palm results in deforestation and atrocious labor conditions. But it’s also a cheap and easy source of biofuels and a replacement for trans fats. The question is now: boycott or reform?
How palm oil became the world’s most used—and most hated—fat
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06/28/2021 SOURCE: www.cnbc.com
Regenerative farming focuses on replenishing the soil's nutrients by using things like no-till cultivation, rotational cattle grazing and planting cover crops.
These farming techniques can help trap carbon dioxide in the soil and make farmers an extra buck
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Topics: Soybeans, Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Ag Podcast US, Economics, Weather,
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Topics: Precision AG , Irrigation, Crop Consultant, Economics, Sustainability, Ag India, Ag Innovation, World Hunger,
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06/26/2021 SOURCE: www.sabcnews.com
A new agriculture programme launched by the US Consul General, in Durban, in collaboration with the Durban University of Technology and a Mandela-Washington Fellow wants to empower young farmers with skills to turn their crops into cash.
US Consul General launches agriculture programme to empower young farmers - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.
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06/26/2021 SOURCE: www.fox13now.com
The latest metrics provided by the state show that agriculture producers are having to get by with 75% less water than they normally see.
Utah's farmers explore ways to be more water efficient
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