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2. Adoption of precision agriculture technologies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Boehlje, Michael (author) and Langemeier, Michael (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- USA: Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12167
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Authors from the Center for Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University, discuss the adoption of precision agriculture technologies. Findings of cited research among farmers indicated that the average net benefit was almost $90 per acre, and the benefit cost ratio averaged 9.7 to 1. "These results suggest a much higher payoff of precision farming than previous studies. This higher payoff is a result of the whole-farm system benefits of the interactions among individual tools and technologies which result in a new way of farming."
3. C.O.NXT survey shows pandemic has not shaken consumer interest in food sustainability
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12179
- Notes:
- Online via AgriMarketing Update. 2 pages., Communications firm reports findings of an online survey of 750 consumers across the U.S.
4. Cover crop trends, programs, and practices in the United States
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wallander, Steven (author), Smith, David (author), Bowman, Maria (author), and Claassen, Roger (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- USA: Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12143
- Notes:
- Economic Information Bulletin Number 222. 33 pages., This report detailed how cover crops are managed on corn, cotton, soybean, and wheat fields in the United States. "These surveys reveal that there are many different approaches to using cover crops."
5. Farm Journal survey reports technology investments producers want to make
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- USA: Henderson Communications L.L.C., Adel, Iowa.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12188
- Notes:
- Online via AgriMarketing Update. 2 pages., Summary of results from a Farm Journal Pulse Poll asking farmers what farm technology they wish to invest in first if they were to win the lottery. The top choice was variable-rate application technology with 31% of the responses (out of a total of 577 farmers). Four other technologies ranked lower.
6. Farming methods and the livelihood outcomes of women in eastern uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Amayo, Flavia (author), Akidi, Irene L. (author), Esuruku, Robert Senath (author), and Kaptui, Phyllis Brenda (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08
- Published:
- Academic Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12343
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 13, N. 3
- Notes:
- 10 pages, Farming methods are closely linked to the livelihood outcomes of women. The techniques of farming and the manner in which they are applied affects realization of livelihood outcomes. Even though rural women aim at attaining positive outcomes, their efforts are jeopardized by poor farming practices. This situation is exacerbated by gender disparities in knowledge and skills, inadequate access to productive resources and power relations. The current study aims to understand what kinds of farming methods women use and their contribution to livelihood outcomes. Using qualitative interview and survey as an auxiliary method, it was discovered that women predominantly use traditional farming techniques such as intercropping, crop rotation, cover cropping and integrated animal-crop farming. The major hindrances to the gainful use of these methods are knowledge gaps and resource disparities. Most women still grapple with low incomes, starvation, diet deficiencies, inability to access medical care and clothing. They are also vulnerable to climate shocks and stresses. The study concludes that the farming methods have inadequately enhanced income, food security, wellbeing and resilience to shocks and stresses. It recommends that agricultural extension services such as training programmes should consciously target equipping women with knowledge and skills on how to use the traditional and modern methods of farming and support them to access productive resources.
7. Hierarchy of controls: keeping toothpaste in the tube!
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- USA: Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12183
- Notes:
- Online from UMASH. 2 pages., Through use of an inverted pyramid, this article introduce a tool that emphasizes the value of preventing farm injuries and saving lives. Five sections of the pyramid range in effectiveness from "Elimination" (most effective) to "Personal Protective Equipment" (least effective).
8. Optimizing liquid fertilizers: New tool aids in mixing for irrigation systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Attaway, Denise (author)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-19
- Published:
- United States: Eastern Kentucky University
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12255
- Journal Title:
- Eastern Progress
- Notes:
- 5 PAGES., Released in late 2020, the Center Pivot Fertigation Calculator is designed to help producers make more precise fertilizer applications by assisting in calculating liquid fertilizer flow rate and injection pump settings needed to fertigate through a center pivot irrigation system. The Clemson Drip Fertigation Calculator is designed to help South Carolina vegetable producers make more precise fertilizer applications through drip irrigation systems. After producers started using the center pivot and drip fertigation calculators, Zack Snipes, assistant program leader for the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service horticulture team and area horticulture agent, noted many were beginning to ask what they should do if using a greenhouse-grade solid fertilizer and putting it into a solution. In response, Rob Last, area horticulture agent, built a spreadsheet that became the basis for the Liquid Fertilizer Solution Calculator. “We have created a system that provides quick calculations and is really easy to use,” Last said. “Anyone who has questions about these calculators can contact me or Zack and we’ll help them.”
9. The packer's sustainability survey key grower insights
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Farm Journal (author)
- Format:
- PowerPoint
- Publication Date:
- 2021-09-01
- Published:
- USA: The Packer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13015
- Notes:
- 25 pages
10. Veganic agriculture in the united states: opportunities for research, outreach, and education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Utter, Alisha (author) and Seymour, Mona (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12282
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 59, Issue 3
- Notes:
- 6 pages, A growing number of farmers are excluding animal inputs from crop production, an approach commonly referred to as veganic or stockfree organic agriculture. This research-based article discusses the soil health and fertility strategies reported by a sample of U.S. veganic farmers. These approaches may be relevant beyond the veganic community to farmers seeking innovative methods for produce safety and nutrient cycling. Agricultural outreach professionals (AOPs), including Extension personnel, play a critical role in supporting veganic practices by serving as cross-pollinators between farmers and research institutions. Thus, the article endeavors to expand AOP familiarity with veganic practices and benefits.