Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.

Browse news topics

Business Innovation · Holistic Management · World Ag News
A diversified farm in southwest Minnesota has a holistic management style. Grant Breitkreutz owns and operates Stoney Creek Farm, a corn, soybean, small grains, hay, beef, pork and poultry operation near Redwood
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Conservation ag consultants Hans Kok and Dan Towery share cover crop strategies that will help no-tillers sequester more nutrients and build even more soil organic matter.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
#WorldSoilDay focuses on importance of healthy soil to healthy lives.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, remediating polluted sites and combating climate change, but their contribution remains largely underestimated
Holistic Management · World Ag News
The Aquifer Partnership (TAP) is working with farmers on trials that look to improve soil quality and prevent nitrates leaching into the groundwater around the south coast city of Brighton.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · World Ag News
Cover crop grazing and rotational diversity has made farming more successful and profitable for Tonkawa, Okla., grower and conservation advocate Rick Jeans.
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · World Ag News
By tightening up our grazing density with twice daily moves we have tripled our rest period over our whole farm. This allows us to allocate our winter stockpiled forage over the entire
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
The biggest limiting factor for optimum crop growth in the heavy claypan soils that cover most of southeastern Kansas is something you can’t buy: soil oxygen.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
North Dakota grower Paul Overby utilizes no-till, crop diversity, livestock grazing and satellite imagery to withstand soil erosion and improve topsoil now and in the future.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Enhancing biodiversity in cropping systems is suggested to promote ecosystem services, thereby reducing dependency on agronomic inputs while maintaining high crop yields