Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Holistic Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Health · World Ag News
It’s good to see so much of the farm’s land doing well enough to grow veg. Because you’ve got to put back before you can take out. We do that by rotating
Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
After a series of experiments we found that four of our soil samples proved to be disease suppressive.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
There are advantages and a few drawbacks with diverse mixes of cover crops.
Holistic Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
WHILE RESEARCH on soil microbial health has mainly been done in a lab, greenhouse or in short-term field experiments, University of Illinois crop scientists have captured valuable crop rotation and tillage data
Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
IT’S BECOME widely understood that a single teaspoon of soil contains thousands of different species of microbes, and more than 1 billion individuals.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Salute Soil Health: Slideshow depicts what long-term no-till and cover crops can accomplish.
Broad Acre Crops · Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · Soybeans · World Ag News
With the short-season available for growing cover crops after corn harvest, interest in interseeding cover crops into corn and soybean crops has increased in recent years.
Cover Crops · Soil Health · World Ag News
Tissue testing cover crops during planting season can help no-tillers gauge how much biomass and nitrogen covers are contributing to cash crops and the soil.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
“We dedicated ourselves to doing what’s best for our soils and our crops 41 years ago,” Kavazanjian says. “All of our conservation and agronomic efforts to build healthier soils continue to pay
Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Soil Biology · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soils are the basis of all terrestrial life. A teaspoon of healthy soil contains close to a billion bacteria, many yards of fungi, and thousands of protozoa and nematode