Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
The concept of healthy soil is receiving more attention today. Generally, there are four basic principals involved in soil health: limited soil disturbance; soil covered with residue or cover crops; diversity; and
Broad Acre Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · Soybeans · World Ag News
Strips of soybeans alternate with strips of corn on Marty Weiss’ farm in Beaver Dam, Wis. “My goal with strip-cropping is to capture sunlight, which leads to more carbon capture and soil
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Long-term sustainable agriculture research is critical to growing and supporting every American farm, especially as farmers across the country continue to address the challenges posed by a changing climate. USDA’s National Institute
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
For this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter, we caught up with agronomist Betsy Bower to get an agronomist’s viewpoint on no-till and cover crops.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · World Ag News
Join us as we showcase a farm that grew a small grain for seed this year and then immediately came back with a diverse cover crop mix.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Rock powders are low-cost potential sources of most of the nutrients required by higher plants for growth and development. However, slow dissolution rates of minerals represent an obstacle to the widespread use
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · World Ag News
She explains that this documentation gets beyond simple marketing and narrative claims, allowing a grower to represent that production agriculture and attention to stewardship and soil health is a real thing. “This
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Perennial groundcover systems couple a high-yielding annual row crop with a perennial grass groundcover, such as bluegrass or fescue. In this low-tillage system, the PGC reduces soil erosion, builds soil carbon and
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Dramatic improvements to soil structure will occur after tillage stops. It just takes time.
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Health · World Ag News
Ryan Boyd will put 400 yearlings on a quarter-acre as part of a system to boost forage productivity.