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Conducted in conjunction with USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), the 2011 and 2014 Organic Surveys targeted all known farms meeting the standards of the National Organic Program (NOP), administered by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
The most important and least appreciated component of most farm operations is the organic matter in the soil. Some folks will read that first sentence, roll their eyes and stop reading.
Syngenta’s price tag is somewhere north of $43 billion. After reports in 2015 of Syngenta rejecting multiple Monsanto offers to buy it, Syngenta accepted a purchase offer (and is recommending it to its shareholders) from ChemChina, the largest chemical corporation company in China, based in Beijing.
Bob Cropp, professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, in his Jan. 22 report says, “U.S. dairy exports will keep a damper on milk prices at least for the first half of the year.
Georgia hay producers Ricky Roper and Alan Verner are taking advantage of the benefits of applying poultry litter to their hayfields. According to University of Georgia researchers, poultry litter is commonly used on north Georgia pastures and hayfields.
Incorporating small grains offers many benefits for forage production; however, not all small-grain species are equal when it comes to forage production. There are substantial differences in terms of seasonality, cold tolerance and the ability of the species to be incorporated into existing cropping systems.
The Shenandoah Valley of Virginia sits squarely in the fescue belt. As an extension agent, I hear a lot about fescue toxicosis from the academic side, but rarely does it make its way into the real-world conversations I hear in the field.
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. A lot of people refer to the inevitable byproduct of poultry production as the black plague, but if one wants to build soil fertility on the cheap, poultry litter is black gold. The wise would say it has its advantages and its disadvantages, and one would do well to know about each.
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