[Link] Agritech as driver of rural entrepreneurship
Agritech – a word often used as a substitute for new age innovations in agriculture – offers hope and optimism in catalyzing many unexplored model…
[Link] Persistent drought prompts USDA disaster declaration for 6 counties
The release of the July 8 U.S. Drought Monitor Map showed the data that the Minnesota ag community was expecting: Category level D2 — severe drough…
[Link] ‘Soil for Water’ Regenerative Agriculture Project Expands to Montana
Building on a successful peer-to-peer network of Texas ranchers who are implementing innovative grazing techniques to improve soil health and increase…
[Link] Vermeer reveals future tech haytools
From windrow-guided auto-steering to a robot bale collector, the company is going public with some innovative tools.
[Link] Lincolnshire agricultural college invests in robots to get young people into farming
The new equipment includes GPS field mapping and guidance systems, thermal drone technology, a seed drill and fertiliser spreader fitted with variable…
[Link] Multi-Cropping for Soil Health, Higher Profits
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, we chat with Ross Evelsizer of Iowa Resource Conservation and Develop…
[Link] Finding the right regen farming rotation
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With current grain and BPS prices, is it time to cash in while the going’s good? Or cash out on experimental post-BPS farming techniques befo…
[Link] Mitigating heat stress
When leaf temperature becomes too warm, plants switch from photosynthesis dominant to photo-respiration dominant, and begin ‘consuming themselves’…
[Link] Climate change mitigation as a co-benefit of regenerative ranching: insights from Australia and the United States
Managed grazing’ is gaining attention for its potential to contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing bare ground and promoting perennializ…
[Link] Research team develops new tool to help farmers make crop input decisions
A new tool developed by a University of Minnesota research team allows farmers to create a budget balance sheet of any nitrogen reduction plans and se…