Crop Nutrition for Public Health
Regenerative agriculture should be an agricultural paradigm that is intent on regenerating public health to the same degree as regenerating soil health. After all, every…
Tag: plant health
Impacts of glyphosate residue on seed germination
Some new research1 describes the impact of pre-emerge glyphosate applications on seedling development and yields, and the impact of prior year appplications. The conclusion: you…
Disease suppression of wheat take-all disease
The presence of soil-borne disease infection is not correlated to the presence of an infectious organism, but to the absence of suppressive microbes. Here is…
Foliars as a tool of soil regeneration
Without the contribution of plants, ‘soil’ is only decomposed rock particles. Plants contribute sugars, organic matter, carbon, the energy that sustains microbial populations. Plants,…
Redox as a driver of soil/plant/microorganism systems
Contemporary mechanistic agriculture has been based largely on the development of genetics and chemistry. The regenerative agriculture systems emphasize the development of biology and biophysics.…
Foliar feeding of plant nutrients
I have long been an advocate of foliar feeding nutrients as one of the most financially rewarding applications that can be made to a crop,…
How to Propagate Aphids
It is important to propagate aphids in our fields so the beneficial insects such as lady beetles have something to feed on. It is quite…
What are the objectives of regenerative agriculture ecosystems?
I can think of several possibilities: Produce enough exceptional quality, nutrient-dense, biofortified ‘food as medicine’ to influence public health and feed the global population a…
Are diseases present because pesticides were not applied in time?
Nutrients should be available, but not soluble ~ William Albrecht To develop regenerative farming systems, it is important that any soil amendments or fertilizers we…
Insect susceptibility determined by types of plant sugars
Sugar metabolism and carbohydrate synthesis are at the very foundation of plant health, but we generally don’t learn much about them in agronomy or even…
