Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · World Ag News
North American soil measurements produced new equations for estimating how increases in soil organic carbon affect plant-available water in different soils.
Beef · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
A Kansas field study found carefully managed grazing removed some cover-crop biomass without significantly changing several measured soil properties compared with ungrazed cover crops.
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
An agronomy commentary explains how roots and soil organisms cycle nutrients and why compaction, structure and fertiliser concentration can influence biological nutrient supply.
Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
A North American study found that increasing soil organic carbon was associated with more plant-available water, with the response differing between calcareous and non-calcareous soils.
Beef · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
An Arkansas study found tall fescue and orchardgrass could establish in sufficiently wide pine alleys, although open-field forage yields remained higher.
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.
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.
Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
A European science review places healthy soil at the centre of climate-resilient agriculture while warning that soil carbon must be assessed with permanence, measurement and biodiversity in mind.
Cover Crops · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Living roots, diverse rotations, soil cover and less disturbance work together to improve aggregation, water movement and resilience. A field demonstration makes those relationships visible.