[Link] Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
The research team found that heat and antibiotics disrupt soil microbial communities.
[Link] Cover crops: More than yields
“It takes three to five years to really become comfortable with the systems change and to begin to see the soil health benefits,” Dwyer says.
[Link] Nitrogen-fixing pulse crops farmers best weapon against the rising cost of fertiliser
Pulses, including faba beans, lentils, lupins and field peas, are notoriously hard to grow and are known for selling into erratic markets
[Link] Regenerative ag stretches beyond just yields
It’s been a little over a year since the University of Illinois launched the Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative and the program hit the gr…
[Link] FARMERS SHOULD AIM FOR A WHOLE-SYSTEMS APPROACH TO CONSERVATION
A national leader in regenerative ag says farmers interested in adopting conservation practices will need a whole-systems approach.
[Link] Keeping Cattle on the Move and Carbon in the Soil
Ranchers and conservationists, once unlikely allies, are teaming up to preserve grasslands.
[Link] Turning the Tide of Our Water Crises with Regenerative Agriculture
The world is facing a water crisis that has affected the water supply quantity, quality, and the health of ecosystems reliant on water.
[Link] The Amazing Power of Compost to Increase Forage and Carbon Sequestration
What if you knew that doubling your forage and increasing long-term carbon sequestration was as simple as spreading a thin layer of compost on pasture…
[Link] Agricultural microbiological products
While using microbiological products might seem crazy, it appears to be the wave of the future.
[Link] Creating a culture of stewardship
What brought Wallaces Farmer to the Rottinghaus farm was an innovative installation he made on his operation. Rottinghaus has installed a saturated bu…