Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Spring Wheat · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Lines of wheat bred to fit organic farming could not only help support other low-input production systems, but their genetics could potentially be transferred into conventional agriculture.
Broad Acre Crops · Cotton · Cover Crops · Soil Health · World Ag News
Oklahoma producer cites no-till planting and winter cover crops as beneficial to his soil and cotton.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Maize/Corn · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Plastic film mulching (PM) has a compensatory effect on crop growing degree days by increasing soil temperature. However, only few studies addressed the question whether a terminal time for the compensatory effect
Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · World Ag News
The sustainability of conventional agricultural production systems in the rainfed ecosystems of the Himalayan region is threatened by triple challenges of declining farm productivity and profitability, shrinking natural resources, and energy crises.
Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · World Ag News
Corn yields have set records in five of the last seven years, which should mean promising days ahead for one of the country’s most important crops. But a new study from Stanford
Broad Acre Crops · Disease Management · World Ag News
Early sowing has been one of the main drivers of increased yield in recent years but it also means a higher risk of crop viruses.
Alfalfa · Alfalfa · Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Legumes · World Ag News
In support of alfalfa farmers and the benefits the crop provides to the dairy industry, the environment and a farmer’s return on investment, NAFA is taking a stand with the launch of
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Spring Wheat · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Providing new disease resistance genes from wild relatives and better access to those genes for breeders.
Broad Acre Crops · Canola · Canola/rapeseed · Dryland Crops · Legumes · Sunflowers · World Ag News
Intercropping aims to exploit complementary and facilitative interactions between species to improve capture and efficiency in the use of resources,
Broad Acre Crops · Canola · Canola/rapeseed · Dryland Crops · World Ag News