In May 2023, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation launched a program to provide winter oilseed rape to small Ukrainian farms in the regions most affected by Russia's full-scale invasion. The No-Till Passport series is brought to you by Martin Industries.
Europe's move away from herbicides and toward organic means countries like France have transitioned from food exporters to food importers, in this analysis piece from European Scientist. Growers in developing countries are concerned this could impact them.
Source: United States International Trade Commission
The U.S. International Trade Commission, which governs how tariffs are administered, voted this week to lift tariffs on ammonium nitrate from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago. This could be good news for farmers as fertilizer prices continue to soar.
According to a May 1, 2022, report from CNN, 8-store Ukrainian John Deere dealership Agrotek recently prevented Russia troops from utilizing farm equipment they had stolen from the dealership — by remotely disabling it.
In spite of occasional criticism from purists, the U.S. is still often seen as a leader in no-tilling, as evidenced by several dryland farmers from Russia who toured the U.S. earlier this year to witness how sustainable agriculture is being practiced in drought-affected regions.
Controlled traffic, cover crops and continuous no-till are boosting yields and profitability in South America, Australia and elsewhere as worldwide no-till acres near 300 million.
To gauge the world’s supply of arable farming acres, an agricultural expert once compared Earth to the size of an apple, cut into 32 slices. The number of acres suitable for food production represents only one slice, and the apple’s skin represents the world’s supply of topsoil.
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On this edition of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, Gregg Sanford, Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial manager, reveals how no-till is stacking up to other major systems in year 34 of the trial.
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