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Crop and carbon: Optimising the double yield

Written by Thomas Gent It’s no secret that employing regenerative farming techniques – minimal soil disturbance, the use of cover crops and organic manures, applying carbon-rich fertilisers – both reduce the amount of farm-generated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and add to the amount of carbon stored in the soil. These GHG reductions and carbon storage …

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Rapeseed With Pulses and the Management of Nitrogen 

Rapeseed With Pulses and the Management of NitrogenOriginally written by Gilles Sauzet and published in TCS in March 2016When we include pulses or beans in the cropping system, either as a main crop or companion crop, nitrogen management is at the heart of the strategy. Knowledge of the evolution of nitrogen build-up and nitrogen flows …

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