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“We're seeing how a multi-species cover crop works to add organic matter in the soil, with corn, and if it increases water infiltration,” said Brent Peterson, Brown County demonstration farms project manager. Barry Bubolz, Natural Resources ...

Chron.com
The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is lashing out at the United States Air Force for allowing rabbits and chickens to be killed by airmen during survival training exercises. A release on PETA's official website calls ...

Michigan State University Extension
Soil health stands on a three-legged stool: good chemical, physical/structural and biological characteristics. Although most farmers are familiar with and test for chemical health, i.e. soil nutrient sufficiency and, to some extent, good soil structure ...

Agriculture.com
Cow-calf producer and no-till farmer Lance Gartner, Glen Ullin, North Dakota, grows full-season cover crops to build soil health and to provide early-winter grazing for cows. Soil organic matter has increased as a result of the multispecies cover crops ...

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Instead, we'll be able to grow crops in Martian soil. And we know this because we've already done it here on Earth. Dutch scientists have managed to grow crops, including four vegetables and cereals, in soil “similar to that on Mars,” and have deemed ...
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