…said. “We’re here to make farming easier and more sustainable.” Papagni ended the show with his trademark enthusiasm. “This is the future of farming,” he said. “Automation doesn’t replace the…
Early American Farmers and the Lost Art of Soil Stewardship
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Kings County Farm Bureau Takes on Sacramento Over Groundwater Rights
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Ryan Jacobsen on Farming Through Storms, Labor, and the Future of California Agriculture
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Edward Ring’s Bold Blueprint: Fixing California’s Water and Energy Crisis
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Ethnic Roots of Early American Agriculture
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Edward Ring on California’s Water Crisis: Fixing a Broken System
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Nanette Simonian and California Women for Agriculture Take a Stand on Prop 50
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AI and Automation Drive Florida’s AgTech Revolution
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How Early Farmers Learned to Protect Their Soil
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Kings River Packing: Eight Generations of Citrus Leadership
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Electrostatic Spraying: On Target’s AgTech Revolution
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Inside the 2025 Almond Market: Supply, Pricing, Tariffs, and Global Demand
…continue to struggle, and Toor stresses the need for a fair, sustainable market. A compressed buying window adds pressure: Ramadan, Navroz, Chinese New Year, and Diwali all fall early this…
Post–Civil War Wheat Crash: How Farmers Turned to Corn and Livestock
…animals, which could then be sold at a profit, creating a more diversified and sustainable system. This shift not only helped stabilize farm incomes but also reshaped the agricultural landscape…