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Are all CA fields equal when it comes to soil quality ?
Short on time but curious about soil health in Conservation Agriculture (CA) ?
Last month, with Brieuc Hardy and Philippe Baret, we published a new paper in SOIL journal.
A safari across France : soil fauna insights from a nationwide soil quality monitoring program
We present RMQS-Biodiversity, a nationwide soil biodiversity survey integrated into the French Soil Quality Monitoring Network (RMQS), and illustrate its potential for soil ecology research.
Beyond the buzz : analyzing actors promoting regenerative agriculture in Europe
Regenerative agriculture is advocated as a response to environmental and socio-economic challenges, yet little research systematically examines its key proponents. We analyzed 849 actor websites and interviewed 131 regenerative farmers across five European countries.
First vineyard in England certified regenerative by AGW
Working with Frédéric Thomas – a leading French agronomist – the Penn Croft team prioritized biodiversity and the health of the soil when designing the vineyard.
L’agriculture de conservation des sols : n’est-il pas temps de s’y mettre ?
Le CGAAER formule des propositions en vue de favoriser développement de l’ACS. Elle préconise en particulier d’affirmer, par une communication claire, le caractère patrimonial du sol et les effets positifs de l’ACS.
Changins, Suisse : le travail minimum du sol apparaît comme une pratique appropriée
Un essai à Changins a comparé l’impact de différentes pratiques de travail du sol sur le rendement du blé et la fertilité du sol. Il montre que le travail minimum du sol offre des avantages agronomiques et environnementaux.
Réaliser des faux-semis, oui...mais
Le faux semis ne joue pas beaucoup sur les levées de ray-grass dans le blé.
Par contre, le semis direct joue positivement...
Featured Farmer – Frederik Larsen
Writing this article (while the season is coming to a close in the midst of a 30C heatwave) is the perfect opportunity to reflect on yet another exciting year of arable farming. I’m usually idealistic on which directions to take my farm and arable clients, always striving towards ambitious goals.
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No-Till vs. Tillage : Which Really Lets the Water In ?
When a commenter wrote on one of our recent videos Dwayne Beck, no-till , he put it bluntly :“Without tillage water won’t penetrate. I rented 400 acres that was zero till for decades and it was like a concrete block.”
Agroecological farming promotes yield and biodiversity but may require subsidy to be profitable
Our results provide some optimism for an economic basis to promote the adoption of complex agroecological farming systems. However, as the complexity of the agroecological interventions increases they become less profitable within the current economic environment, even with subsidies.
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