Soil Health
Nancy Kavazanjian Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Soil Health, Cover Crops, Sustainability, USDA,
Curt Livesay Curt Livesay
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For all of you #soil nerds like me, check this out! It's the 2021 #nrcs Soils Calendar!

https://nrcspad.sc.egov.usda.gov/Distrib...

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Curt Livesay Curt Livesay
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Topics: Soil Health, Cover Crops,

10 Ways Cover Crops Enhance Soil Health - SARE

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has identified four basic principles or approaches for maintaining and improving soil health: Keep the soil covered as much as possible Disturb the soil as little as possible Keep plants growing throughout the year to feed the soil Diversify crop rotations as much as possible, including cover crops Farmers […]

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Education,

Agriculture doesn't have to be the villain: regenerative farming can s

This World Soil Day, Petra Hans of IKEA Foundation argues that working with not against nature is the only sustainable way for agriculture to feed a growing human population.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Weeds, Cover Crops, Agriculture Global, Water, Ag Australia/NZ, Weather,

Now to store soil water

Stored soil moisture is a valuable asset to the next crop - Bob Freebairn explains.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture Global, Lamb/Sheep, Economics, Research,

Sheep show the contamination by microplastics in the agricultural soils of Murcia

In recent times, the increase in plastic residues has been reasserted as being a major environmental problem. This material, which is present in packaging and day-to-day objects, plays a decisive role ...

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Water, Sustainability, Research, Ag Innovation, World Population, Education,

Worm-like, soil-swimming robots to measure crop underworld | Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome and how roots grow.

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