[Link] Is undersowing cereal crops with clover the next big thing?
Growing a permanent clover understory beneath cash crops known as a “living mulch” could provide an effective way to control weeds, fix nitrogen a…
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[Link] Keep pastures green during dry times
It’s mid-summer, and hot! Our cool-season grasses are doing well at this time, due to the rains that have been coming our way. But what is going to …
[Link] Beneficial Bacteria and Soil: Hidden Helpers Below Ground
Imagine losing twenty years of work in just a few days. In 2013, this happened to Australian farmer Robert Hinrichsen after a massive flood.
[Link] Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep)
The forest fire stopped just before arriving at Nieves Fernández Vidueira’s farm, but it burned all day in the area surrounding Quintela do Pando …
[Link] Gerber Switches To New Farming Techniques In West Michigan
MSU is helping Gerber with its initiative to develop what is termed regenerative farming methods. That will focus on helping to make sure Gerber produ…
[Link] 4 Questions Farmers are Asking about Carbon Markets
As farmers wade through the ever-deepening amount of carbon information available, they routinely ask for answers to these four questions.
[Link] Regenerative farmer to peers: We can farm without pesticides
Rick Clark, a no-till organic farmer from Indiana, recently encouraged a group of farmers at a field day to move away from synthetic pesticides.
[Link] MORE MIDWESTERN FARMERS ARE CONSIDERING SUBSURFACE IRRIGATION
An irrigation consultant says farmers are getting better yields and using less water by changing how they irrigate.
[Link] Farmer Focus: Grass limits heat stress in pig herd
So, as we are now halfway through the year, I thought it was time I started a round-up of the various pig projects and trials with which we are curren…
[Link] Cover crops improve soil ecosystem
Only living things can have “health,” so viewing soil as a living, breathing ecosystem reflects a shift in the way soil is observed and managed.
