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Broad Acre Crops · Canola/rapeseed · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Insect Management · World Ag News
Direct drilling can help minimise any loss of soil moisture in a dry summer, while a variety of companion crops such as buckwheat, vetch and crimson clover are being used to deter
Insect Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Dung beetle populations in the UK are in trouble, says farmer and entomologist Sally-Ann Spence. These insects play a vital role in livestock systems with dung pat management, soil health and parasite
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · World Ag News
Zero till has been identified as way to discourage the insects, and some wonder if cover crops provide similar benefits
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 · 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
Holistic Management · Insect Management · World Ag News
These are exciting findings for crop scientists because they suggest the possibility of using such pretreatment as a form of biological pest control that would reduce the need for agricultural pesticides.
Holistic Management · Insect Management · Plant Health and Pest Resistance · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
The philosophies of regenerative agriculture, sustainable agriculture, and holistic agriculture are generating a great deal of interest these days.
Disease Management · Holistic Management · Insect Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Weed Management · World Ag News
Fruit farmer James Smith says chemical-free regenerative farming methods are the way ahead.
Disease Management · Insect Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Weed Management · World Ag News
Pesticides are causing widespread damage to the tiny creatures that keep soils healthy and underpin all life on land, according to the first comprehensive review of the issue.
Holistic Management · Insect Management · World Ag News
The groups aim to provide habitat and forage for pollinators and beneficial insects across California’s agricultural landscape.