Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Beef · Livestock · World Ag News
Six practical disciplines can help younger cattle producers manage business risk: mentorship, records, marketing, insurance, financial tracking and trusted advisers.
Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
A Colorado malting-grain farmer is combining no-till, crop residue, cover crops and biological products while adapting to sharply reduced irrigation water.
Cover Crops · World Ag News
A US$2.6 million initiative aimed to help about 1,800 Midwestern farmers establish cover crops across 500,000 acres with technical and financial support.
Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · World Ag News
Washington wine-grape growers responded to extreme heat with adjusted irrigation, earlier shoot thinning, selective leaf removal and more flexible canopy management.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
An Ohio programme trained farmers already using no-till and cover crops to help peers assess conservation practices through local experience and trusted relationships.
Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Research suggests arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can influence wheat nitrogen use after flowering, but benefits vary with crop genetics and field conditions.
Soil Health · World Ag News
Measurements on two New York dairy farms found that lower soil compaction aligned with consistently higher-yielding silage-corn zones.
Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · World Ag News
North American soil measurements produced new equations for estimating how increases in soil organic carbon affect plant-available water in different soils.
Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
NCAT assembled workshops and presentations to make regenerative grazing and soil-health principles easier for producers and advisers to apply.
Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
A 2022 visit by US House Agriculture Committee chair David Scott brought regenerative organic farming, soil health and supply-chain resilience into a federal policy discussion.