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The Dirt on Cover Crops

Modern Farmer

They can also be added to crop rotations to improve soil health in fields that have been degraded from growing the same thing year after year. Cover cropping is a means of increasing soil fertility without chemicals. How do cover crops work? Many of these benefits become apparent within one year of using cover crops.

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Regenerative Agriculture: A Strategic Approach for Farming

Cropaia

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in regenerative agriculture, a holistic approach to farming that seeks to restore and revitalize the land while improving crop yields and overall farm profitability. This means increased crop yields and reduced inputs like fertilizers and pesticides.

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Use These 3 Tips to Improve Soil Nutrient Levels

Agriculture for Life

When striving to grow lush, healthy plants that produce favourable yields, soil nutrient quality must be high. This is especially important to encourage long-term quality plant nutrition and greater harvest yields. In agriculture, growers must work with quality earth that contains healthy levels of soil nutrients.

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A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

Food Environment and Reporting Network

A review from earlier this year found that only a third of published studies in which researchers compared fields that were cover-cropped with those that weren’t reported significant gains in soil carbon. And a study published last month illustrated one major reason why farmers may be reluctant to plant cover crops.