Research

Written by Denise Attaway, Clemson University, South Carolina USA Phosphorous is one of six essential nutrients for plants and a Clemson University doctoral candidate wants to show farmers how organically growing cereal and pulse crops can improve nutrition while lowering production costs. Sarah Powers is a doctoral candidate in the Clemson Plant and Environmental Sciences […]

In this article, Jason Pole explores the crop-friendly fungi focus of one of our crop PhD studentship projects, funded by AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds If your crop roots are in good nick, there’s a decent chance they’ve cuddled up with some potentially powerful soil allies: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The word ‘mycorrhiza’ stems from two

Written by Sally Morgan who edits Organic Farming magazine [email protected] With ruminants getting bad press at the moment over their methane-filled belches, Sally Morgan looks at the science and the critical role of methane-eating microbes Are ruminants really to blame for the rapid increase in methane levels over the last decade? There is no denying

The UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) is an award-winning and free-to-use online service that enables everyone to view soil datasets from nine research organisations. Russell Lawley (Geo-Properties and Resources Team Lead) from the British Geological Survey explains how the resource has developed to provide significant benefits to the agricultural sector, what information you can expect to

By Jerry Alford. Innovative Farmers and Dominic Amos, Organic Research Centre This Innovative Farmers project brings together organic and conventional notill farmers to investigate the potential for implementing a long-term system with the aim of maintaining a perennial living mulch of white clover whilst growing an annual combinable cash crop. The benefits are widespread, from

As interest and integration of cover crops accelerate across the world, the industry has been challenged in its ability toprovide easy to access, comprehensive information. Recently, a cover crop application company in the USA called GOSEED have developed the Cover Crop Information Map to provide a free, centralized platform for knowledge exchange. “The Cover Crop

Abstract from D. L. Antille, W. C. T. Chamen, J. N. Tullberg, R. Lal The drive toward adoption of conservation agriculture to reduce costs and increase production sustainably causes concern due to the potentially negative effects of increased soil compaction. Soil compaction reduces aeration, water infiltration, and saturated hydraulic conductivity and increases the risk of

Written By Laura Barrera and first published on Agfuse.com Many farmers across the U.S. experienced wet weather last growing season. According to NOAA, the 12-month period between July 2018 and June 2019 set the precipitation record in the U.S. with an average 37.86 inches per month — 7.9 inches above average. The result of all

A common question being asked by farmers looking at Conservation Agriculture is whether it can be done withoutglyphosate. This is partly due to the possibility of its withdrawal but also because many farmers want to reduce all production costs and not become dependent on one input or technique. It is also a question being asked