Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Holistic Management · Soil Biology · World Ag News
A less intensive approach to cultivation could help farmers protect their greatest asset – the soil.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Salute Soil Health: Slideshow depicts what long-term no-till and cover crops can accomplish.
Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · Soybeans · World Ag News
With the short-season available for growing cover crops after corn harvest, interest in interseeding cover crops into corn and soybean crops has increased in recent years.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
“We dedicated ourselves to doing what’s best for our soils and our crops 41 years ago,” Kavazanjian says. “All of our conservation and agronomic efforts to build healthier soils continue to pay
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soils are the basis of all terrestrial life. A teaspoon of healthy soil contains close to a billion bacteria, many yards of fungi, and thousands of protozoa and nematode
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · World Ag News
The perennial wheat Kernza was grown just west of Brainerd on a few acres immediately surrounding wells within corn and soybean fields. Over the past three years, it cut nitrate contamination from
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Extensive literature and hundreds of long-term field experiments across the globe document the capability of regenerative farming practices to increase soil carbon through practices such as cover crops, tillage reduction, and perennials.
Beef · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
“If you take our corn last year, we didn’t use any chemical fertilizers, so our fertilizer bill is zero,” he said. “In fact, if you are using diverse rotations and intentionally building
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · Weed Management · World Ag News
Beef cattle grazing more help than harm for endangered plants and animals
Holistic Management · Insect Management · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Fifty-seven billion dollars.That’s the annual monetary value a 2006 economic study published in BioScience attributed to just four services performed by wild insects in the United States — pest control, pollination, dung