Independent agricultural news briefs, selected and explained by the KindHarvest Team.
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Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Conservation ag consultants Hans Kok and Dan Towery share cover crop strategies that will help no-tillers sequester more nutrients and build even more soil organic matter.
Soil Health · World Ag News
Adopting practices such as cover crops and reduced tillage can improve the health of farmers’ soil, their bottom line, and ultimately the planet. Whether you’re a farmer interested in adopting more beneficial
Broad Acre Crops · Maize/Corn · Soil Health · World Ag News
The goal of this study was to determine if assimilation of satellite-driven SM profiles can improve crop model yield estimations in a commonly used crop model while reducing the reliance on field
Soil Health · World Ag News
Just a handful of soil contains the hundreds of thousands of microbes, bacteria and fungi that are the foundation of our ecosystems and food systems all over the world. Yet, soil health,
Business Innovation · Soil Health · World Ag News
There is a growing crisis beneath our feet. Scientists, soil specialists and policy-makers around the world are sounding the alarm about degrading soil conditions. And it is particularly stark in developing countries.
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
#WorldSoilDay focuses on importance of healthy soil to healthy lives.
Soil Health · World Ag News
How do plant roots store carbon? Princeton researchers found that the energy a plant devotes to its roots depends on proximity to other plants: when close together, plants heavily invest in their
Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
Soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, remediating polluted sites and combating climate change, but their contribution remains largely underestimated
Broad Acre Crops · Cereals · Soil Health · Spring Wheat · Winter Wheat · World Ag News
The N bank approach to determining fertiliser rate has potential to sustainably reduce the yield gap where the target amount is matched to average site-specific yield potential.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Soil Health · World Ag News
The biggest limiting factor for optimum crop growth in the heavy claypan soils that cover most of southeastern Kansas is something you can’t buy: soil oxygen.