Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Beans · Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Holistic Management · Legumes · Nutrition Management · Oats · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Vegetables · Weed Management · World Ag News
A Cambridgeshire bean–oat bicrop trial reported no in-crop fertiliser, fungicide or herbicide, a higher gross margin and greater combined land-use efficiency than beans alone.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · World Ag News
A North Carolina family farm used high tunnels, cover crops and longer production windows to turn weather risk into a more reliable tomato enterprise.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
A 2022 commentary argues that cover crops, adaptive grazing and biological nitrogen can reduce exposure to volatile fertiliser markets, but transition requires time and support.
Beef · Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Rye · Sheep · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Balcaskie Estate’s organic conversion replaced a high-input arable model with pasture, diverse leys, grazing and shorter food chains to improve the farm’s economics and ecology.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
Two UK arable farms show how staged changes in tillage, rotations, soil testing and plant nutrition can reduce inputs while protecting margin.
Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
High fertiliser prices renewed interest in the nitrogen already cycling through soil. A sponsored Irish article highlights soil chemistry, structure and biology—and the need to test commercial claims.
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · World Ag News
A Louisiana family farm reports cutting fertiliser, lime, tillage and reseeding after years of planned grazing—an instructive case study whose results depend on place and management.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
John Kempf and David Miller explain why AEA developed crop-nutrition products as parts of an agronomic program, with diagnosis and timing more important than any single input.
Holistic Management · Livestock · Nutrition Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Sustainable livestock requires a whole-system view of feed, land, nutrients, animal health and the people whose livelihoods depend on production.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Restoration ecology is beginning to treat soil microbial communities as active partners that can influence which plants establish and how ecosystems recover.