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.
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
John Kempf revisits the plant disease triangle and argues that host condition, the microbiome and the plant’s internal environment deserve more attention in disease prevention.
Cover Crops · Disease Management · Nutrition Management · Weed Management · World Ag News
Cover crops and conservation tillage may also assist in the suppression of insects, weeds, diseases, and nematodes.
Cover Crops · Disease Management · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Soil Health · World Ag News
While cover crops ultimately improve the yields of cash crops through improved soil health, new research suggests that they might also protect them from disease.
Disease Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
The research team found that heat and antibiotics disrupt soil microbial communities.
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
While using microbiological products might seem crazy, it appears to be the wave of the future.
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
One of the best attributes of biological products, including biostimulants and biofertilizers, is their minimal risk to human health or the environment when used as directed.
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Biological fertilizers contain microbes and living bacteria that promote soil fertility and plant growth.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Cover Crops · Disease Management · Forage Peas · Holistic Management · Mustard · Oats · Spring Lentils · World Ag News
Overall, the study shows benefits to intercropping, but that the impacts on crop diseases were varied between years, among pathogens, and mixture compositions.
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Disease Management · Insect Management · World Ag News
Nick Dymond’s unique cropping approach of not using fungicides or insecticides and a focus on crop nutrition has seen yields of his Extase winter wheat peak at 10t/ha.