Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Disease Management · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Nutrition Management · Potatoes · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Vegetables · Weed Management · World Ag News
Growing potatoes on a commercial scale with virtually zero synthetic inputs would seem impossible, but this is exactly what one US farmers has achieved using what he calls “biotic farming”, without any
Business Innovation · World Ag News
InsightTRAC provides precision robotics that leverages cloud-based data to help growers better manage and optimize their profit per tree.
Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Regenerative practices include minimizing tillage, diversifying annual cropping systems, using cover crops, and changing the type of fertilizer used, alleviating much of the stress on soil and improving its water absorption, total
Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Dr Lundgren discusses the misconceptions of regenerative agriculture and how it can be overcome to be more relatable and real.
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Despite the challenges, Legault feels Peace farmers have some distinct advantages, such as regenerative farming, precision agriculture, no-till production, rotational grazing, winter bale grazing, cocktail forages, and cover crop rotations.
World Ag News
Between 1903 and 1983, the world lost 93% of its food seed varieties, according to the Rural Advancement Foundation International. Only six seed companies control three-quarters of the world’s commercial seed market,
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
This strategy has contributed to minimizing various detrimental effects of agrochemicals that not only contaminate our environment, but also present many potential health hazards as well as contributing to climate change.
Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Around 68 percent of the world’s agricultural lands (eight billion acres as compared to four billion acres of croplands) are used for grazing. The majority of these landscapes are unsuitable for cropping.
World Ag News
Shrub willow—a quick-growing woody crop—can be an excellent source of renewable bioenergy. The crop is harvested and turned into wood chips, which can be used for heat, mulch, animal bedding, biochar, and
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
After the mixture is ripe, it is mixed with water and placed on the field. Once treated with the fungal tincture, compacted soil that was not able to hold water, can now