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Soil Health · World Ag News
Successful straw incorporation will bring short- and long-term benefits, as well as some risks, so it is essential to understand the objectives, writes Andy Doyle.
Alfalfa · Broad Acre Crops · Legumes · World Ag News
Alfalfa seed that has been planted and not yet germinated will survive in the soil during drought and can germinate when rainfall occurs.
Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
What does a pasture have in common with a marathon runner? According to Tanse Herrmann, Natural Resources Conservation Service state grazing lands soil health specialist, they both need time to recover.
World Ag News
Precision application of water and nutrients to crops has been a goal for farmers since the first producer cut a ditch to shift a creek’s flow into his field. Drip irrigation systems
Business Innovation · World Ag News
Farm managers with large acreages of permanent crops are challenged by many things. Surveying orchards or vineyards from a pickup window is limited at best and may miss critical issues just a
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soil health, in a rotational grazing and cattle operation sense, starts with ground cover and consistently adding organic matter that will eventually become sequestered carbon. Logistics-wise and from a management stand-point, how
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
“Animals grazing on an entire pasture will only consume about one-third of the available forage,” he said. “To get animals to consume the remaining forages, livestock producers can implement a rotational grazing
Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Nitrogen-sparing practices could help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and minimize harmful fertilizer run-off, but their success will depend on complex societal, economic, and political factors, the author says.
World Ag News
The program includes partnerships to help communities restore agricultural ecosystems in regions where Kellogg sources by using nature-based systems to boost farm productivity.
World Ag News
North Dakota’s strong winds are a statewide inside joke, but the effects it’s having on our producers is no laughing matter.