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More things in Heaven and Earth: Mycorrhizal fungi, ploughing, no-till and glyphosate

Sustainable Food Trust

But will the current trend away from ploughing towards direct drilling and the accompanying use of glyphosate bring the benefits advocates claim, or could this make matters even worse? Richard Young follows on from his article, Speed the plough or the direct drill and sprayer?

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Ten things you should know about soil 

Sustainable Food Trust

Arable soils are losing 40-60% of their organic carbon, whilst 300,000 hectares of UK soil is contaminated by heavy metals, plastics, sewage sludge and manure; further, microplastics, which have “ unknown consequences ”, are pervasive in UK soil and can carry harmful chemicals. Most cropland globally has lost 30-40% of its organic matter.

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