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Business Innovation · Disease Management · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · World Ag News
UC Riverside scientists have discovered fermented food waste can boost bacteria that increase crop growth, making plants more resistant to pathogens and reducing carbon emissions from farming.
Business Innovation · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Today we’re taking a look at how agroforestry, an ancient indigenous technology that is increasingly being adopted by farmers around the world, can help solve many of the major environmental issues we’re
Broad Acre Crops · Cotton · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Three cotton growers during the online Beltwide Cotton Conferences in January discussed soil management practices they implement on their farms for healthy soil.
Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · Soil Biology · World Ag News
Aims This study investigated maize-soil biota interactions as well as the soil legacy effects of continuous monoculture (CM) on maize performance.
Disease Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Determining the soil factors that drive the dynamics of soil-borne pathogens is an essential step toward the formulation and implementation of strategies for the control of plant diseases.
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Tillage disrupts the environments where so many beneficial microbes reside in your soil. I say environments, plural, because within a soil pedon (a basic unit of soil), there are different places where
Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
The secret to building better soil lies in diversity through regenerative practices.
Fruit · Fruit and Nuts · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Wine Grapes · World Ag News
Camp’s latest chapter in life might turn out to be his most influential and, ultimately, fulfilling. He is resurrecting a pioneering vineyard that had been neglected, overplanted and overworked, producing wines that
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Disease Management · Holistic Management · Livestock · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
Grazing livestock on winter cereals could help aid soil biology, allow for earlier drilling dates, control pests and influence yields, according to a trial.
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
The authors of the new article in Science see this as a big problem: “If we do not protect soils for the next generations, aboveground biodiversity and food production cannot be guaranteed