Managing soil microbes could be an excellent way to increase nutrient availability and improve nutrient health.
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Balancing rations for dairy cows is the best guarantee of efficient protein usage and improved dairy sustainability.
Animal manure can boost microbial activity in the soil. It's a good way to add nutrients, improve crop growth, and promote healthy soils when used correctly. Check out this article for resources!
Read on for principles, options, and management opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water quality.
Cover crops can be useful tools to capture excess nutrients. So what happens on a no-till dairy farm when cover crops are left on the field?
Anaerobic digestion makes use of nutrients in manure and food waste, turning what could have ended up in a landfill into biogas that can provide electricity, natural gas, or even power for homes in nearby towns.
Learn about the different manure application techniques that can help you cut emissions while making the most of this abundant source of nutrients.
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Crop residue is no waste--listen and learn how to use crop residue to feed soil microbes and add soil nutrients.
Precision nutrient management is all about “spoon-feeding” your crops just the right amount and kind of nutrients, just when they need them. Doing so can boost the efficiency of your inputs and improve your on-farm return on investment.
Nutrients are essential for us to grow food, feed, fuel, and fiber. But what happens when there's too much of a good thing?
Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas with 300 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. How do we measure it in the field, and what can we do to cut emissions?
Wayne Fredericks, a farmer in Osage, IA, adopted cover crops after many years of no-till soybean and strip-till corn. Watch as he talks through the impacts of cover crops on his farm's soil, and how cover crops and reduced tillage can be complementary practices.
Wayne Fredericks, a farmer in Osage, IA, has been using cover crops on his farm since 2012. Here, he talks about his journey testing cover crops to help reduce nutrient loss and improve water quality.
Making small tweaks to on-farm nitrogen use can make a big difference in greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, and crop production.