Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Against these mounting odds, livestock farmers will have to become more sustainable and resilient, and less prone to variable climate. The answer to these challenges is regenerative agriculture.
Broad Acre Crops · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Maize/Corn · Nutrition Management · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Despite having lower grain yields, the regenerative system was nearly twice as profitable as the conventional corn farms
Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · World Ag News
It’s good to see so much of the farm’s land doing well enough to grow veg. Because you’ve got to put back before you can take out. We do that by rotating
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
A new accreditation program is able to prove that in some farming systems meat production is actually able to improve ecological outcomes for the planet.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
There are advantages and a few drawbacks with diverse mixes of cover crops.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · World Ag News
The loss of topsoil to wind, rain, and other forces is a natural process, but when intensified by human activity, it can have negative environmental, societal, and economic impacts.
Hogs · Holistic Management · Livestock · Weed Management · World Ag News
Long before chemical herbicides were commonplace, some farmers let pigs loose in fallow fields, allowing them to dig up the roots of weeds and fertilize the land.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · World Ag News
Diverting urine away from municipal wastewater treatment plants and recycling the nutrient-rich liquid to make crop fertilizer would result in multiple environmental benefits when used at city scale, according to a new
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · World Ag News
Cutting-edge agricultural technology has advanced in recent years, introducing innovations from self-driving tractors and laser scarecrows to robotic bees that aid in pollination. What could technologists learn from alternative agricultural movements, such
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
WHILE RESEARCH on soil microbial health has mainly been done in a lab, greenhouse or in short-term field experiments, University of Illinois crop scientists have captured valuable crop rotation and tillage data