Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Broad Acre Crops · Disease Management · Legumes · Soybeans · World Ag News
Soybean pathologists warned that resistance to major fungicide groups was spreading, increasing the value of scouting, resistant varieties and crop rotation.
Broad Acre Crops · Sorghum · World Ag News
During the 2022 Texas drought, late-planted sorghum remained possible in some areas, but moisture, maturity, input availability, markets and insurance all shaped the decision.
Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Soil Health · Soybeans · World Ag News
Pennsylvania trials tested how cereal rye seeding rate, nitrogen and termination timing affect soil moisture and soybean performance when planting green.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Cover Crops · Oats · Soil Health · World Ag News
With a nod toward resource sustainability and growing consumer demand, some farmers find that milling oats have a place in their crop rotations.
Beans · Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Holistic Management · Legumes · Nutrition Management · Oats · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Vegetables · Weed Management · World Ag News
A Cambridgeshire bean–oat bicrop trial reported no in-crop fertiliser, fungicide or herbicide, a higher gross margin and greater combined land-use efficiency than beans alone.
Beef · Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Rye · Sheep · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Balcaskie Estate’s organic conversion replaced a high-input arable model with pasture, diverse leys, grazing and shorter food chains to improve the farm’s economics and ecology.
Broad Acre Crops · Holistic Management · Sugarcane · World Ag News
A large Florida sugar operation describes using precise water control, crop rotations, owls, energy recovery and nutrient testing to reduce waste and manage a complex landscape.
Beef · Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Livestock · Maize/Corn · Regenerative Agriculture · Soybeans · World Ag News
Two soil-health advocates describe profitable change as a sequence of informed experiments: protect the business, learn from the field and integrate livestock where it fits.
Broad Acre Crops · Cotton · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Organic cotton’s credibility depends on farmer support, reliable markets, seed integrity and traceability that goes beyond a certificate.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Holistic Management · Maize/Corn · Soybeans · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
The non-GMO market comes with a premium price, they said, one worth growing for and economically sustainable for the Hitchcocks when corn prices tanked over the last five to six years.