FEATURES
Green or Greenwashing?
Precision agriculture is not better for the environment — and it often just leads farmers into greater debt
BY ANNELIESE ABBOTT
Technocratic Sharecroppers
Farmers are increasingly owned by their tech; the only sane response is ecological agriculture
BY MARK SHEPARD
Mauck Talk
Once you understand the motive of your plants — sunlight — you can design a system to optimize how they receive it
BY JASON MAUCK
Fertile Fertilizers
The plant-energy cost of synthetic fertilizers is large; fermented plant juices provide plant-available energy at low/no cost
BY NIGEL PALMER
Soil Critters & Plant Hormones
Unsurprisingly to eco-farmers, many of the phytohormones plants need are actually created by microbes — and these can be measured and cultivated by growers
BY SCOTT MCELVEEN
Terminal or Maternal Sires?
Different types of bulls produce different results; to improve your bottom line, ensure your bull matches the goals of your operation
BY DAN GLENN
Yield’s Best Friend
GPS-collared dogs can provide valuable crop protection services
BY JOHN JAMISON
The New-Farmer’s Dilemma
Building a resilient food future means making it easier for people to farm
BY MOLLIE ENGELHART
DEPARTMENTS
VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor
OPINION
A Perilous Path
The proposed Mini Farm Bill seeks to reform what is grown, where and how, in order to help make American farms profitable again — eventually, without government bailouts
BY CHARLES BENBROOK
ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science
REGEN AGRONOMY
Advanced Technology?
Technology that doesn’t help overcome your limiting factor may not be worthy of adoption.
INTERVIEW
Growing Rain
Water ecologist Alpha Lo explains the different water cycles and how farmers play a role in buffering rain patterns
REVIEWS
ECO-GRAPHIC
