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Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News

Soil School: Ideas and innovation with Woody Van Arkel

Keep your soil covered, do as little tillage as possible, maintain a living root system 365 days a year, and fit it all into an economic model that makes money: this is
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Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Maize/Corn · Winter Wheat · World Ag News

Quantifying the compensatory effect of increased soil temperature under plastic film mulching on crop growing degree days in a wheat–maize rotation system

Plastic film mulching (PM) has a compensatory effect on crop growing degree days by increasing soil temperature. However, only few studies addressed the question whether a terminal time for the compensatory effect
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Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News

How Charlie Massy turned his ravaged property into an oasis — and how other farmers can do it too

NSW farmer Charles Massy is paving the way for the Australian movement towards regenerative agriculture.
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Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · World Ag News

Podcast Series: The global impact of regenerative agriculture – Learning for Nature

This podcast series, consisting of three episodes, will introduce you to regenerative agriculture, explain how it can improve our existing global food system and contribute to building climate resilience.
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Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · World Ag News

Crop productivity, soil health, and energy dynamics of Indian Himalayan intensified organic maize-based systems

The sustainability of conventional agricultural production systems in the rainfed ecosystems of the Himalayan region is threatened by triple challenges of declining farm productivity and profitability, shrinking natural resources, and energy crises.
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Beef · Livestock · World Ag News

Frosted johnsongrass poses risk to livestock

Prussic acid can be toxic to cattle if it is grazed shortly after a early frost.
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Holistic Management · World Ag News

Ecologically friendly agriculture doesn’t compromise crop yields

Research — based on an analysis of 5,188 studies comparing diversified and simplified agricultural practices –indicates crop yield was maintained or even increased under diversified practices.
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Cover Crops · World Ag News

Creating a clearer picture of cover cropping in Western Canada

Some of the earliest adopters in Western Canada have been growing cover crops for a long time, but interest has ramped up over the last few years, and so has the need
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Hogs · Livestock · World Ag News

Improved environmental sustainability and bioenergy recovery through pig manure and food waste on-farm co-digestion in Ireland

Ireland is under a great pressure to fulfill its commitment to renewable energy generation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation. Food waste (FW) and pig manure (PM) co-digestion may provide a promising
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Cover Crops · Soil Health · World Ag News

Cover crops boost bees’ survival rates, expert says

‘Evidence supports the use of cover crops or supplemental foraging as beneficial to bee health,’ UC apiculturist says.
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