Cover crops may be sown to protect soil from erosion, for snow trapping or to increase soil organic matter. When the cover crop fixes nitrogen or otherwise improves soil properties, it is often ...

CUBA CITY — Wilson Organic Farms in Lafayette County has been operating since 1848. Today, the farm is managed by a group of Wilson family members, including Chris Wilson, a Lafayette Ag Stewardship ...

Green manures are ideal whenever a patch of land is going to be free of crops for six weeks or more, and they are particularly useful to vegetable gardeners and allotment holders. Although many ...

For this reason, introducing perennial legumes should be done cautiously, with on-farm feasibility testing. Using legumes in rotation began to decline when synthetic nitrogen was introduced in the ...

That makes it a perfect option for those who want to take their green thumbs up ... handful of this natural organic manure ...

Pork accounts for at least 60% of all meat eaten in China, but its popularity exacts a heavy toll on the environment that has proven tricky to resolve until now.

Waste-to-nutrition technologies aim to transform residual organic waste (such as forestry and agricultural residues, manure, green residues ... insect farming, solid fermentation (transformation ...

Waste-to-nutrition technologies aim to transform residual organic waste (such as forestry and agricultural residues, manure, green residues and food waste) into ingredients for human or animal ...