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
Growing a simultaneous crop of beans and oats enabled one Cambridgeshire grower to completely eliminate fertiliser, fungicide and herbicide applications as well as increase land use efficiency.
Broad Acre Crops · Holistic Management · Legumes · Maize/Corn · Nutrition Management · Regenerative Agriculture · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Soybeans · Tomatoes · Vegetables · World Ag News
As the end of the year draws near, growers across the country take time to reflect on the success they saw in their fields and the opportunities that next season will bring.
Cover Crops · Holistic Management · Vegetables · World Ag News
Organic crop production has been shifting to the use of legume green manure, diversified crop rotations and reduced tillage, rather than relying on summerfallow and mechanical tillage for nutrient and pest management
Cover Crops · Potatoes · Vegetables · World Ag News
I planted potatoes into the residue of 5 cover crop mixes in Shafter (Kern County). Here are the mixes I planted:
Holistic Management · Potatoes · Soil Health · Vegetables · World Ag News
Growing potatoes with excellent taste characteristics was the starting point for Jeroen Klompe’s eight-year journey to improve his soil, and his management of it within a potato rotation.
Holistic Management · Vegetables · World Ag News
Enjoy this tour of Simple Gifts Farm to learn from farm managers Jeremy Barker Plotkin and Dave Tepfer. Jeremy and Dave discuss the practices and tools they have tried, and continue to
Business Innovation · Potatoes · Regenerative Agriculture · Vegetables · World Ag News
The UK’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, McCain, has today (7 June) committed to ensuring that every potato grown across its 370,000 acres worldwide is done so using regenerative agricultural practices
Vegetables · World Ag News
“We see ourselves as stewards of the piece of land we farm and do our best to preserve it for the future of our business as well as future generations.” But, sometimes
Business Innovation · Cucurbits · Holistic Management · Nutrition Management · Peppers · Soil Biology · Soil Health · Tomatoes · Vegetables · Watermelon · World Ag News
Recent research focuses on using fewer chemicals and adopting natural, low-cost alternatives for better plant and fruit quality.
Spinach · Vegetables · World Ag News
UC ANR research on drip irrigation shows potential to reduce downy mildew incidence while improving water quality and resource-use efficiency, contributing to increased water-use efficiency and improved food safety.