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According to new research, information regarding soil health is often too generalised. Locally sourced data will help farmers use the best practices for their land.

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Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and nutrition. Biodynamics is rooted in the work of philosopher and scientist Dr. Rudolf Steiner, whose 1924 lectures to farmers opened a new way to integrate scientific understanding with a recognition of spirit in nature.

Soil biology is the study of microbial and faunal activity and ecology in soil. Soil life, soil biota, soilfauna, or edaphon is a collective term that encompasses all organisms that spend a significant portion of their life cycle within a soil profile, or at thesoil-litter interface.

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By 2050, the world’s population is forecast to reach 9.7 billion and agricultural production will need to rise by about 60%, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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Researchers aim to help plant breeders develop strategies to target nitrogen fixation in cover crops.

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Conservation practices like no-till that save soil are also good for water quality, right? In many ways that’s true, but not in the case of nitrates and no-till.