Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Does healthy soil produce healthy food and then healthy people?
Cover Crops · Dairy · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
As modern farmers begin to see the consequences of traditional farming, they’re implementing regenerative practices to restore soil health. This both benefits the farmers, as they’re able to produce better crops, and
Cover Crops · World Ag News
Crimson clover was first used in the U.S. in the south as a pasture legume.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
No-till and cover crops are among the most cost effective tools to reverse soil and carbon loss and improve soil health; the economic, agronomic and environmental benefits of these practices are well
Business Innovation · Cover Crops · World Ag News
The Cover Crop Decision Support Tool was developed to help answer some of those questions. Questions include: How much biomass did the cover crops generate? How much nitrogen was conserved in the
Broad Acre Crops · Business Innovation · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Red clover · Soil Health · Soybeans · World Ag News
Harpers Ferry farmer Jon Kruse utilized a unique method of planting cover crops this past fall – a drone. September 16, Kruse hired a private contractor, to fly a drone over standing
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
Everyone makes a big deal out of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), but to me, carbon is the key to a profitable and sustainable farm.
Cover Crops · Soil Health · World Ag News
Change can be difficult, especially if you’re bull-headed. Just ask Dale Macheel, who says he tends to be stubborn, just like most farmers. But it can also be fun, he says, a
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Currently, the focus is on soil research. Specifically, using regenerative practices to restore degraded soils and increase soil carbon. Examples include various applications of multispecies cover crops, effects of pesticides on soil
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Weed Management · World Ag News
Reducing tillage—which often relies on herbicides—has long been out of reach on organic farms. Now, a group of veteran growers are undertaking a soil health experiment with implications for California and beyond.