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[Link] Biodiversity and soil health: how protecting one, safeguards the other

https://kindharvest.ag/considerations-for-improving-soil-health/

Healthy soils support a quarter of Earth’s biodiversity, while diverse vegetation and agroforestry can improve water, fertility and farm resilience.

KindHarvest Team May 31, 2022

[Link] 6 TIPS TO SIGNIFICANTLY UP YOUR ODDS IN THE CATTLE BUSINESS

https://www.agriculture.com/livestock/cattle/six-tips-to-significantly-up-your-odds-in-the-cattle-business

Six practical disciplines can help younger cattle producers manage business risk: mentorship, records, marketing, insurance, financial tracking and tr…

KindHarvest Team May 31, 2022

[Link] Farmers using regenerative practices to conserve water and adapt to climate change

https://kindharvest.ag/can-soil-organic-carbon-reduce-drought-and-flooding/

A Colorado malting-grain farmer is combining no-till, crop residue, cover crops and biological products while adapting to sharply reduced irrigation w…

KindHarvest Team May 31, 2022

[Link] Group funds half a million acres of cover crops in Midwest

https://kindharvest.ag/why-it-pays-to-plant-cover-crops-early/

A US$2.6 million initiative aimed to help about 1,800 Midwestern farmers establish cover crops across 500,000 acres with technical and financial suppo…

KindHarvest Team May 26, 2022

[Link] Growers take measures to withstand drought

https://www.farmprogress.com/grapes/growers-take-measures-to-withstand-drought

Washington wine-grape growers responded to extreme heat with adjusted irrigation, earlier shoot thinning, selective leaf removal and more flexible can…

KindHarvest Team May 26, 2022

[Link] Ohio farmers advocate for conservation

https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/ohio-farmers-advocate-for-conservation/719656.html

An Ohio programme trained farmers already using no-till and cover crops to help peers assess conservation practices through local experience and trust…

KindHarvest Team May 25, 2022

[Link] Making the most of mycorrhizal inoculation

https://kindharvest.ag/biological-products-the-new-tool-of-agriculture/

Research suggests arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can influence wheat nitrogen use after flowering, but benefits vary with crop genetics and field condit…

KindHarvest Team May 25, 2022

[Link] Researchers Find Compaction-Yield Link

https://kindharvest.ag/considerations-for-improving-soil-health/

Measurements on two New York dairy farms found that lower soil compaction aligned with consistently higher-yielding silage-corn zones.

KindHarvest Team May 25, 2022

[Link] Can Soil Organic Carbon Reduce Drought and Flooding?

https://kindharvest.ag/how-south-dakotas-inability-to-track-soil-erosion-is-putting-farmers-at-risk/

North American soil measurements produced new equations for estimating how increases in soil organic carbon affect plant-available water in different …

KindHarvest Team May 24, 2022

[Link] New Resources to Demystify Regenerative Grazing and Soil Health

https://soilforwater.org/new-resources-to-demystify-regenerative-grazing-and-soil-health/

NCAT assembled workshops and presentations to make regenerative grazing and soil-health principles easier for producers and advisers to apply.

KindHarvest Team May 24, 2022

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