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Eco-efficient Crop & Livestock Production for Nicaraguan Farmers
2015-03-05 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For Roberto Pineda, a smallholder farmer in the Somotillo municipality of Nicaragua, his traditional practice after each harvest was to cut down and burn all crop residues on his land, a practice known as "slash-and-burn" agriculture. A widespread practice on these sub-humid hillsides of Central America, it was nonetheless causing many negative environmental implications, including poor soil quality, erosion, nutrient leaching, and the loss of ecosystem diversity. Slash-and-burn allows farmers...
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Farmers go digital to reach landlords, community, new business
2015-03-05 20:17:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
A personal touch provides a link to landlords and new opportunities Grant Noland encourages farmers to always add a personal touch when communicating with their landlords. What you are doing on the farm is information they want and need, but they also want a look inside how your family operates and what makes your family tick. A little trivia can generate a buzz and attract new opportunities. read more
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Are farmers walking away from rental contracts?
2015-03-03 22:10:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
A recent Reuters news article titled Rent walkouts point to strains in U.S. farm economy, claims that some farmers have abandoned farmland-rental commitments. "It might be better to let it go and cut your acres back, cause if you lose $100 per acre on a farm have to make up that loss from other farms, says Kent Thiesse, vice president of MinnStar Bank, Lake Crystal, Minn. read more
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EU Storage Scheme Welcomed by Irish Pig Farmers
2015-03-03 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty has welcomed the announcement that a Private Storage Aid (PSA) will be introduced for pork.
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Union: Involve farmers
2015-03-02 07:22:11| Sugar Industry News
CANEFARMERS no longer see the sugar industry as a profitable one, says National Farmers Union general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry.
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