His primary task is to help farmers improve the productivity and quality of their farms and to reduce environmental harm.
U.S. farmers paid more for high quality Genuity reduced refuge corn and Roundup ready 2 yield soybean seeds as global food prices hit historic highs.
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And the growing number of British farmers who have focused on quality to differentiate themselves are worried: they rely on restaurants as prime customers and as showcases for their produce.
The problem at present, he says, is that North Korean farmers plant too many poor-quality seeds in a desperate attempt to boost crops, and do so in soil that is becoming increasingly less fertile.
Farmers need the tools to grow high quality food at a price we can afford.
After 90 days, a high-quality organic compost is ready for landscapers, farmers and gardeners to fertilize their soil.
The restaurant carefully sources all its meats from mostly natural and grass fed farmers, and makes its own wines, mainly high quality pinot noirs, to match.
Many farmers are developing new regional products of a very high quality - and they are doing this while moving over to more sustainable and organic methods of production.
For them, competing with American farmers on vast fields with high-tech machines, high-quality seed and high-value subsidies is like attacking a battleship with a machete.
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"Farming is at the heart of our business and we are extremely proud to work with poultry farmers who employ the highest standards on their farms, ensuring sustainability, welfare and product quality are their priorities, " he said.
The National Farmers Union supports this bill because it will control costs for farmers and ranchers, and address the unique challenges rural Americans face when it comes to receiving quality care.
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Farmers plant a warm-season perennial grass and fallow the field for two years, improving soil quality and water-holding capacity.
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The scheme is an agri-environment scheme, which provides funding for farmers to manage their land in a way designed to benefit biodiversity and landscape features and improve the quality of water and soil.
Fruit farmers complain that unscrupulous agents have damaged the reputation of their export-oriented industry by dumping poor-quality apples, pears and peaches on the European markets.
One interesting pilot scheme being tried out in Minnesota allows farmers who reduce fertiliser run-off and soil erosion to enjoy an exemption from future state and federal water-quality standards.
On tiny plots, and often poor-quality soil, without modern equipment or farming methods, and sometimes beset by land disputes, many peasant farmers struggle to feed their family and grow just a little extra to sell in the village market.
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