[Link] ‘Wither Away and Die:’ U.S. Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Bakes Wheat, Fruit Crops
An unprecedented heat wave and ongoing drought in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is damaging white wheat coveted by Asian buyers and forcing fruit farm wo…
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[Link] Artificial intelligence ‘transformative’ for the future of ag
McCann said think about an acre of wheat with between one and 1.5 million plants on it. Humans don’t have the capability to look at each individual …
[Link] Calls for culled feral animals to be used as organic fertiliser after 90 goats killed outside Canberra
To tackle that problem, he enlisted the help of friend Gerry Gillespie, who had developed an eco-friendly and organic way to compost animals that was …
[Link] Elevated Warming, Ozone Hurt Plant Roots, Promote Soil Carbon Loss
Two factors that play a key role in climate change – increased climate warming and elevated ozone levels – appear to have detrimental effects on s…
[Link] Two oilseed rape growers see success in flea beetle battle
Direct drilling can help minimise any loss of soil moisture in a dry summer, while a variety of companion crops such as buckwheat, vetch and crimson c…
[Link] Digging deep for soil solutions
For one thing, probes did not have the agronomic software to make sense of what they were reading. But that’s changing. As data collection becomes m…
[Link] How Chief Scientist John Fagan’s research is supporting the global regenerative agriculture movement
John Fagan is the Chairman & Chief Scientist at the Health Research Institute, also known as HRI Labs, in Fairfield, Iowa. HRI provides testing servic…
[Link] MORE CONFIDENCE NEEDED FOR A COMPOST MARKET
Gould says unfortunately after 14 years of educational outreach on the benefits of using compost, the needle hasn’t really moved on implementation.
[Link] Tips for managing cattle through a drought
The dry spell on the Prairies doesn't appear to be ending any time soon, making forage and water management increasingly challenging.
[Link] ‘Soil is miraculous’: How regenerative agriculture could transform fashion
Soil is miraculous. It contains more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and four times the amount stored in all living plants and…
