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Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News

Soil Health and Composting with Nina Prater and Matt Casteel

In this recorded virtual workshop, Nina Prater, NCAT sustainable agriculture specialist, gives a presentation on the importance of soil health and describes five soil health principles that farmers can use to guide
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News

Incorporating cover crops and increasing forage potential in a drought

We are going over potential ideas ti plant cover crops in a drought. Covering both seeding annuals into pasture as well as covers in your cash crops.
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Broad Acre Crops · Legumes · Soybeans · World Ag News

AGRONOMY DIGEST: DROUGHT STRESS

Plants in a drought stress situation are also more susceptible to insect or disease damage due to lower plant integrity and strength.
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World Ag News

Irrigation Tips for Produce Growers: Dealing With the Dry Season

For growers who have fallen behind with the water needs of their crops, it is best to catch up now rather than later, according to Ben Smith, Technical Irrigation Specialist.
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Broad Acre Crops · Buckwheat · Business Innovation · Cereals · Cover Crops · Legumes · Rye · World Ag News

Going with the grain: Central Maine’s grain economy is expanding across the state

Central Maine has become a center of that resurgence, thanks to the Maine Grain Alliance in Skowhegan.
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Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News

How farmer grows wheat within a herbal ley

Drilling crops into a permanent living mulch is the holy grail for organic growers and a system developed in the south-west of France now gaining ground in the UK.
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Business Innovation · Nutrition Management · World Ag News

How plant sap tests could unlock disease control benefits

Understanding how nutrition affects plant health is still very much an evolving science, but plant sap analysis is allowing management decisions to be based on close to real-time data.
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Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Weed Management · World Ag News

Kansas farmer invents robots to behead weeds, reduce the use of pesticides on crops

“Our mission was always to get the chemicals out of farming,” Brauer said. “There is no resistance to the spinning blade.”
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Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News

Simple soil biology helps pasture thrive on paddocks in the Hastings

“The best things in life are free,” property owner Jeremy Bradley said, who with his partner Cathy Eggert thoroughly tested the two adjacent paddocks to set a baseline of data after 10
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World Ag News

Australians’ appetite for organic surges during pandemic

Organic household penetration and annual spend in Australia both jumped in 2020, helping deliver strong market growth during the pandemic.
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