[Link] How do nematodes help plants and soils?
It might be hard to believe, but you may never have seen the most abundant animal on Earth: soil nematodes! They represent eighty percent of animal li…
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[Link] Why flesh-eating bugs are the real MVPs for humanity’s survival
Three years of research to understand two weeks of carrion beetle life and its impacts on the soil.
[Link] Soil health intelligence achieved
The Small Robot Company (SRC), a UK agritech start-up for sustainable farming, has successfully achieved its proof-of-concept milestone for developing…
[Link] Mike Werling promotes benefits of farming conservation practices
Werling then explored the use of cover crops to prevent soil erosion and add organic material to the soil to improve its health. “Regenerative agric…
[Link] What’s sustainable to a farm manager?
Sustainability in agriculture is a big topic for today’s farmer, but it can be hard to know where to begin. Ultimately it means meeting the agricul…
[Link] Handling the transition to reduced tillage
One of the biggest benefits of reduced tillage is that it leaves more residue on the soil surface to protect it in extreme weather, and promotes fungi…
[Link] Farmer Focus: Crops back after battling frost and winds
We have seen a huge improvement in our crops in the past month. Crops went from frost- and wind-ravaged to dark green and full of potential after welc…
[Link] Agroecologist Nicole Masters discusses vermicompost, microbial quorum sensing, and more!
Nicole Masters is an internationally recognized agroecologist from New Zealand. Fortified by her studies in ecology and plant physiology, Nicole curre…
[Link] Repairing our relationship with soil
If soil is a measure of the quality of our relationship we have with the earth, then it is time we had some emergency relationship counselling.
[Link] Wheat benefits crop rotations
A new study shows that including wheat once every four years in rotations with corn and soybean can have many benefits.
