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Mycorrhizae: Boosting Yields Naturally

Cropaia

Mycorrhizal fungi play a crucial role in overcoming this limitation through several mechanisms: Increased Surface Area : Due to its chemical nature, phosphorus is generally immobile in the soil, often becoming fixed in forms that plants cannot readily absorb. This immobility presents a major challenge for plants in accessing phosphorus.

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Monetizing Sustainability: The business case for carbon sequestration

Cropaia

It can improve soil health and fertility, leading to healthier and more productive crops, and can also increase crop yields. It is important to ensure that these mechanisms are fair, transparent, and effective in promoting the adoption of carbon farming and other climate-friendly practices.

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Soil organisms – promoting soil health

Cropaia

Organisms like bacteria, fungi, and earthworms can help to stabilize soil aggregates through various mechanisms. Such mechanisms include secretion of polysaccharides that glue soil particles together, or formation organic matter that helps to bind soil particles together.

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AI and Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Farming and Finance

Trimble Agriculture

How AI in Agriculture Has Already Changed Us Even before self-driving cars hit the consumer market, farmers were plowing fields with GPS-guided tractors. In the mid-1990s, John Deere began using GPS technology for precision agriculture, combining GPS location data with sensor readings to determine crop yield.

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Agritecture's Partner Network Expands to 20 Members; Seeks to Set a New Standard for Data Transparency

Agritecture Blog

Their unique row-by-row hyper-controlled technology creates optimal growing conditions, produces more reliable results, and dramatically improves crop yields, in virtually any environment, and for even the most complex plants.

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The Ultimate Guide To Crop Irrigation Systems

Farmbrite

Introduction to crop irrigation systems Irrigation systems are an important part of growing crops, and they can be crucial when it comes to crop yields. Without proper irrigation, many crops would not be able to grow at all.

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Managing Dairy Slurry to Maximize Nutrient Capture

UnderstandingAg

Inherent Problems Even though we can see tremendous crop yields with high rates of slurry, this comes with some soil health issues, which may include soil surface crusting, collapsed soil aggregates, impaired water infiltration rates, mortality of soil invertebrates, and excessive soil phosphorus levels.

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