Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · World Ag News
Ray Archuleta is a professional soil scientist who spent more than 30 years working for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. He tells Brownfield modern agriculture has been built on the wrong premise.
Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
We should instead incentivize converting marginal cropland back to grass and finishing cattle by continued grazing.
Beef · Goats · Livestock · World Ag News
On Californian vineyards and farms, grazing cattle are battling wildfires.
Business Innovation · World Ag News
Electric vehicle technology has finally arrived in heavy machinery, thanks to battery breakthroughs, a small crop of startups like Monarch and investors hungry for the next new thing on wheels. The future
Cover Crops · Red clover · World Ag News
On this episode, Dr. Dave Hooker, University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, and Dan Petker, farmer and red clover grower extraordinaire from Port Rowan, Ont., join host Shaun Haney for a thorough discussion
Business Innovation · World Ag News
The concept of sustainability has been around for some time, but how do you measure it? It’s a question that’s being raised more often these days as farmers and buyers work to
Soil Health · World Ag News
Ask a farmer, a scientist and a conservation professional to define soil health, and you might come up with three rather different answers.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · World Ag News
While low nitrate concentrations in groundwater can occur naturally, the major source of groundwater nitrate in agriculturally dominated areas is nitrogen fertilizer when applied in excess amounts.
Nutrition Management · World Ag News
A new study describes a significant step toward improving photosynthesis and increasing yields by putting elements from cyanobacteria into crop plants.
Business Innovation · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
t local farmers have introduced a perennial grain known as kernza, which performs like grass, benefitting the landscape by trapping water, retaining carbon, and harboring wildlife.