Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · World Ag News
Seeding cover crops behind the combine seems almost second nature to Gerald Miller by now. He’s done it successfully for so many years that he wouldn’t want to farm without seeding cover
Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
Building on a successful peer-to-peer network of Texas ranchers who are implementing innovative grazing techniques to improve soil health and increase profitability, the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is scaling up
Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
graphy With current grain and BPS prices, is it time to cash in while the going’s good? Or cash out on experimental post-BPS farming techniques before it becomes even more financially risky
Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Managed grazing’ is gaining attention for its potential to contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing bare ground and promoting perennialization, thereby enhancing soil carbon sequestration.
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · World Ag News
The end game is to use the microbes not only to grow crops and reduce dependence on inorganic fertilizers but also produce crops resistant to the stresses of climate change and resilient
Holistic Management · Insect Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Climate change is bad news for agriculture; it’s predicted to result in crop loss as unpredictable temperatures and precipitation become more common. This is especially true in areas where food insecurity is
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Before he began applying cover crops to his farming operation, his organic matter in his soil was between 2 and 3 percent but since the change, that numbers climbed to over 6
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
In this recorded virtual workshop, Nina Prater, NCAT sustainable agriculture specialist, gives a presentation on the importance of soil health and describes five soil health principles that farmers can use to guide
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
We are going over potential ideas ti plant cover crops in a drought. Covering both seeding annuals into pasture as well as covers in your cash crops.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Drilling crops into a permanent living mulch is the holy grail for organic growers and a system developed in the south-west of France now gaining ground in the UK.