Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Nutrition Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
In cold biomes, snow cover mitigates the harsh winter soil conditions, thereby enhancing overwinter decomposition of organic matter which controls the availability of nutrients for plants and microbial uptake at the beginning
Potatoes · Vegetables · World Ag News
Cropping systems and management practices that improve soil health may greatly enhance crop productivity. Four different potato cropping systems designed to address specific management goals.
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Following the recent reveal of its newest label, Certified Regenerative, non-profit certifier A Greener World (AGW) has selected over 50 farmers to join the program’s trial phase.
Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · World Ag News
These management factors can ultimately determine crop outcome in corn. In addition, research shows soybeans and corn are both more responsive in narrow rows (30-inch rows).
Soil Health · World Ag News
Scientists have discovered a signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil.
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
The authors of the new article in Science see this as a big problem: “If we do not protect soils for the next generations, aboveground biodiversity and food production cannot be guaranteed
Business Innovation · World Ag News
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · Sheep · World Ag News
Sheep flock is right behind cow mob rotation. When the cows are done with their grazing, the sheep are following them onto the same paddock.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Cover Crops · World Ag News
Cover crops have environmental benefits, with many resulting from cover crops that over-winter, thereby absorbing nitrates in the early spring and building organic matter in soils over time. Because they over-winter, winter
Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Phytoremediation of soil contaminated by trace elements is a technology using plants and microorganisms to sequester, inactivate, or extract contaminants from the soil.