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Ten Ways to Increase Your Farm's Profits in 2019

By AgFuse Exclusive Content

Published 11 months ago

And Accompanying Crop Rotations What Is Equipment Efficiency? What Scale-Related Questions Do You Need to Ask Yourself? When Does It Make Sense to Add Equipment? Part 1: Know Your True Cost of Production Want to make more money farming in 2019? Step one is to know your true cost of production (TCOP)... I’d recommend taking this information and placing it in a Microsoft Excel file while referring to it often... Farming is a game of compounding that favors those who make the best series of little decisions over the long haul... But, oftentimes in farming, even the best operators only plan for large purchases like harvesters and tractors while ancillary items are an afterthought... Sometimes, despite there being plenty of macro fertility on a zone, the limiting factor is that of a micronutrient or an abundance of some other nutrient...

Categories: Agribusiness, Marketing, Cover Crops

Secrets you don't know about seaweed fertilizer

By Darren Chan

Published 3 months ago

Seaweed fertilizer is a biological fertilizer produced by scientific processing of marine plant seaweed as the main raw material. The main component is the natural biological active material extracted from seaweed. Most seaweed can grow to lengths of over 50 meters... Apply on SoilSeaweed fertilizer can directly increase soil organic matter, activate various beneficial microorganisms, improve soil micro-ecological environment, and fertilize soil fertility... Such as microbial fertilizers like trichoderma,bacillus subtilis...

Categories: Agribusiness, Specialty/Vegetable, Wheat

Direct Driller Magazine Issue 3 is out now...

By Chris Fellows

Published 11 months ago

It can be read here and you will see it has grown to 100 pages, which is where we expect it to stay going forward. Direct Driller Issue 3 Issue 3 Of Direct Driller magazine. The conservation agriculture magazine created by farmers for farmers... 30 Putting Grass back into your Farming System ... 34 Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture...

Categories: Cover Crops

How Cover Crops Affect Your Fertilizer Strategy

By Laura Barrera

Published 1 years, 3 months ago

When it comes to cover crops and nutrient management, a lot of the focus is on what cover crops can do for soil fertility... Pike explains that by broadcasting nitrogen — whether it’s in the form of urea treated with a stabilizer or a liquid — the soil microbes can tie up a portion of that applied nitrogen before the growing crop can use it, because they need it to break the down the cover crop residue, particularly those that have a high carbon-to-nitrogen ratio... He believes growers who have 8-10 tons or more of cover crop residue on the field may see some advantages to some of the starter fertilizer programs and other blends with micronutrients, because that cover crop may be holding even more nutrients that won’t be immediately available for the following cash crop... “Great innovations on a farming operation in Iowa might not work so well in southern Illinois and vice versa... “Like any new technology, there is a lot to learn, and while cover cropping is not a new concept at the basic levels, maximizing the benefits of better cover crop systems is leading many farming operations to understand their production systems at a higher level, resulting in profitability and improved resource conservation...

Categories: Cover Crops

Soil Farmers of the Year 2018

By Direct Driller Magazine

Published 8 months ago

FARM WALKS WITH THE SOIL FARMERS OF THE YEAR 2018The winners of the FCCT Soil Farmer of the Year competition opened their gates over four days and provided a veritable masterclass in managing soils. Spanning a range of soil types, management systems and enterprises, attending farmers gained insights into their award winning management and a better understanding as to why these farms had been picked as the top three in this year’s competition... The materials are layered up in rows and then turned using a compost turner, every day to begin with and then less and monitored by using a temperature probe to keep the material below 70 degrees C, to protect the beneficial microbes... I am farming for the long term rather than one year at a time... The focus of this farm walk was looking at how farming and the environment work together to create resilience, and looked at how to make the most of the assets on the farm...

Categories: Cover Crops

unique technology in ORGANIC AGRICULTURE- invention of Ukrainian scientist

By Victoria Exportmanager

Published 11 months ago

Dear friends and colleagues! I would like to represent information about unique technology in the sphere of ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, which does not have analogues in the world!!! Who will be interested please contact me for more details (agroexport2015@gmail. com , WA,viber, telegram +380633196909)! The technology and products are 100% organic!!!!Scientific Research Institute of Noospheric Valeology presents its program of planetary ecological safety, inextricably linked with the problem of global warming. Our program returns epigenetic memory to plants, enhances the ability to capture by the plants high-energy photons (significantly increases the photosynthetic efficiency), contributes to the growth rate of chemical processes in the cell at the nanoscale level, that in application plan increases the regeneration of oxygen (О2) and fresh water (Н2О) by plants and disposal of CO2, leads to the reduction of greenhouse effect, significantly increasing crop yields, restores humus and biota in the soil, promotes improvement and remediation of lands... We want to offer cooperation in the exploration and use of molecular SMART technologies at the nanoscale and others micro scales in various industries... Gluten free – obtained results for elimination in food products pathogenic for human gluten, which has 42 and 28 chromosomes, as well as new harmful to human derivative gluten by derivatization method!As a result, intensive soil recovery with rapid build-up of humus, soil transfer under organic farming followed with cultivation of environmentally friendly products! Return to crops epigenome memory, high-quality sustainable photosynthesis with catching of long-photons from young and core executions with a lot of trains...

Categories: Agribusiness, Organic

Organic Fertilizers Market to Witness an Outstanding Growth by 2023

By Pradeep Z

Published 9 hours ago

The global market of organic fertilizers is expected to continue its growth during the forecast period, due to the growing agriculture land area for organic cultivation. Since this market’s growth is directly related to the scope of innovation as it is a highly competitive market so, key players are investing in R&D for innovating product lines. Moreover, leading players are also investing in partnership with various organic fertilizers manufacturers as well as research organizations, targeting this as the primary focus area to grow the consumer base... Organic fertilizers are rich in growth hormones and micro nutrients and help to reduce the risk of diseases in humans, as they are used in human food as well... Europe region dominates the global organic fertilizers market because of the ample availability of land for farming under organic cultivations as well as consumer willingness to pay for the organic foods...

Categories: Agribusiness

Top 10 Accounting & Tax Benefits for Farmers & Farming Businesses

By Tyler Davis

Published 5 days ago

Farmers and Agribusiness Companies are granted certain tax breaks and industry-specific deductions from the IRS. The service understands both the complexities and constraints of farmers as well as their essential role in our nation's economy. I have listed out the top ten most important tax benefits, accounting methods, and tax deductions related to farmers... Income Averaging OptionCertain qualifying farming businesses can elect to be taxed on an average tax rate of their running three years of income. This election, which is calculated on Schedule J of an individual's Form 1040 can have huge implications if a farming business has extremely high profits in one year compared to previous years where they were subject to a lower tax bracket...

Categories: Ag Issues in Washington, Agribusiness

Recent College Grad? Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Pursue A Career In Farming

By Cortney Farmer

Published 1 years, 5 months ago

Fickle consumers, climate changes, growing conditions, and a slew of other factors beyond our control can prompt the closure of existing farms as well as deter would-be growers from launching a farming career... Why Now Is The Right Time To Consider FarmingDespite the relatively low numbers of current young farmers in the U... Beyond the significant gap between current open agricultural jobs and available candidates, there are several other compelling reasons why many young professionals are beginning to view farming as their post-college career of choice:Increasing Populations (a... For young, healthy college graduates searching for a non-sedentary, highly active profession (and lifestyle), farming proves an ideal solution. Big City Opportunities Do you love the idea of farming, but worried you won't love a full-time rural existence? Fortunately, you don't have to...

What The Intelligent Investor Can Teach Us About Farming

By The Crossover

Published 1 years, 5 months ago

Here are some lessons from The Intelligent Investor that have crossed over into the way I think about farming... In farming, we are selling commodities rather than buying pieces of a business but the idea is still the same... For example, a 100 acre field that you plan on farming for the next 50 years should be valued differently than one you plan on selling to a neighbor in 5... Investing is most intelligent when it is most businesslike: This could easily be changed to, Farming is most intelligent when it is most businesslike. If you are actively engaged in farming, you likely don't have the luxury of being a passive investor in your operation...