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Sustainability on the hoof
Across Canada, livestock must be part of a healthy agriculture
Increase in conservation agriculture ‘has to happen’
Only 7.1 per cent of the world’s arable land is farmed no till, and there are many reasons to adopt practices
Soil plays a major role in precision sustainability
Precision technology is teaching us some surprising eye-openers
Humanity must stop treating soil like dirt
Why we care: Farmers around the world know soil is the stuff of life
Cover crops can be key to healthy soil
Starting out small and being flexible will improve your chance of success
Consumers play major role in sustainable agriculture
Production efficiencies help the environment
Corn losing the acreage battle
Across the east, farmers like Elliot Lowry are dropping corn from their 2014 plans
Not dead yet
Attack on seedling diseases
Researchers are gaining the upper hand in a battle that is much more complex than anyone expected
Time to grow
With precision agriculture finally ready to fulfil its promise, should you look to expand even faster? The answer depends on whether you have the time
Reading Time: 5 minutes The predictions came fast and furious when relatively accurate GPS units first made their debut outside the military a decade ago. In essentially the twinkling of an eye, we were told, precision agriculture would begin slashing our use of inputs and we would apply only what we needed where it was needed, with medical precision. […] Read more