[Link] Biological Control Taking Next Steps for Specialty Crop Growers
Three hundred attendees gathered in Monterey, CA, the first week in March for the Biocontrols USA 2022 Conference and Expo.
[Link] Accidental Conservationist: Iowa farmer turns tillage happenstance into a way of life
Wayne Fredericks calls himself the “accidental conservationist.” When he started farming in 1973, he believed a fully conventional tillage operati…
[Link] Soil Proof: The Plan to Quantify Regenerative Agriculture
With the 1,000 Farm Initiative, Jonathan Lundgren will spend the next 10 years studying the potential to draw carbon into the soil and bring life back…
[Link] With Regenerative Agriculture, Guinness Really Is Good For You!
If Guinness really is good for you, a new pilot project involving regenerative agriculture on 40 barley farms in Ireland could make it even better.
[Link] BENEFITS OF COVER CROPS EXTEND TO DRY AREAS
Cover crops do far more than cover soils. They provide an array of benefits, such as the ability to reduce soil erosion and increase soil health.
[Link] The Secret Of Mycorrhizal Fungi
The answer is neither one nor the other, but rather a combination of the two – proving that there is strength in numbers – or rather, in diversity…
[Link] Earthworms Could Replace Synthetic Fertilizers
Earthworms could have the potential to replace some high-cost mineral/synthetic fertilizers, new research suggests.
[Link] Regenerative farming practices takes farmer from near ruin to success
Brown, and a panel of Dodge County farmers who have had success with cover crops offered reasons why the practice does not cost – it pays.
[Link] Rebecca Wilson: ‘It’s a privilege to help feed the nation’
When Rebecca Wilson graduated, a lot of her friends headed to London for jobs and she wondered if she should also follow that route.
[Link] No-Till Remains Strong, High Interest in Biologicals, Love-Hate with Covers?
No-Till Farmer’s annual benchmark survey received 480 responses from growers in the U.S. and Canada.