[Link] Getting started with cover crops
For those trying to build soil health and profits, adding cover crops might be the ticket.
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[Link] Soil ‘next frontier’ to achieve carbon goal
Cover crops will play a large role in those efforts, says Jake Mowrer, Texas AgriLife associate professor and Extension specialist.
[Link] A cowboy’s place in the sustainability conversation
Cattle production is a vital part of the environmental system, and cattle producers have a critical place in the conversation around sustainability, s…
[Link] Growing Soil for a Regenerative Future
The practices are as old as agrarian civilization. The concept is easy — work with nature rather than against it. The management practices, on the o…
[Link] Interseeding Covers Into Corn At V4 – V5 For No-Till Success
John Wallace, Penn State University assistant professor of weed science, discusses his thoughts on how best to get covers established in row crops.
[Link] As its topsoil washes away, the Corn Belt is losing yields — and carbon
Scientists have found that the Corn Belt region of the U.S. Midwest, which produces 75% of U.S. corn, has lost around 35% of its most fertile topsoil …
[Link] Solar-powered robot drills and weeds on Shropshire farm
The launch of a new farming robot now seems a near-monthly occurrence, with universities, manufacturers and inventors across the globe on a mission to…
[Link] Farming with nature, not against it
Farming with nature, not against it
Gardening correspondent Faye Peterson spoke to regenerative farming guru Richard Perkins
[Link] Local farmer John Ive leading environmental revolution
But he stands out from the rest of the pack for being a forward-thinking, regenerative farmer, passionately advocating within the farming community fo…
[Link] ADOPTING NO-TILL AND COVER CROPS BUILDS SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND SHAVES COSTS
Long before the carbon market emerged that offered economic incentives for farmers to adopt soil-conserving practices such as no-till and cover crops,…
