Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Business Innovation · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Until very recently, the agriculture industry has escaped the interest of non-conventional investors: despite there being a large and perpetual market for food.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Fruit and Nuts · World Ag News
An unprecedented heat wave and ongoing drought in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is damaging white wheat coveted by Asian buyers and forcing fruit farm workers to harvest in the middle of the
Business Innovation · World Ag News
McCann said think about an acre of wheat with between one and 1.5 million plants on it. Humans don’t have the capability to look at each individual plant to see how it’s
World Ag News
To tackle that problem, he enlisted the help of friend Gerry Gillespie, who had developed an eco-friendly and organic way to compost animals that was beneficial to the environment.
World Ag News
Two factors that play a key role in climate change – increased climate warming and elevated ozone levels – appear to have detrimental effects on soybean plant roots, their relationship with symbiotic
Broad Acre Crops · Canola/rapeseed · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Insect Management · World Ag News
Direct drilling can help minimise any loss of soil moisture in a dry summer, while a variety of companion crops such as buckwheat, vetch and crimson clover are being used to deter
Business Innovation · Soil Health · World Ag News
For one thing, probes did not have the agronomic software to make sense of what they were reading. But that’s changing. As data collection becomes more intense and computer modelling becomes more
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
John Fagan is the Chairman & Chief Scientist at the Health Research Institute, also known as HRI Labs, in Fairfield, Iowa. HRI provides testing services that focus on the nutritional value and
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Gould says unfortunately after 14 years of educational outreach on the benefits of using compost, the needle hasn’t really moved on implementation.
Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
The dry spell on the Prairies doesn’t appear to be ending any time soon, making forage and water management increasingly challenging.