Soil health - Future Farming

Each month Future Farming focus on a particular topic. This month it is soil health….

Focus of the month: Soil Health

VF-culture tires under the tractor. But what works best: sowing and planting on wide 1050 tires or narrow VF-culture tires? - Photo: Roel Dijkstra.

24-09-2024 | Article

Sowing on narrow VF-culture tires or wide 1050 tires?

Mike Castellano, co-founder of EnGeniousAg and Professor of Soil Science at Iowa State University, – Photo: Patrick S. Schnable

23-09-2024 | News

CropX acquires EnGeniousAg for nitrogen sensing technology

A 12-metre Cross Slot with 36 openers on a 333 m spacing, a system that is owned by John Downling’s friend Alan Wragge. Cross Slot mimics nature, Dowling says. “In one pass, it puts the seeds underneath the residue or dry or green material.” – Photo: John Dowling

23-09-2024 | Article

Victorian farmer John Dowling: ‘Cross Slot struck a chord with me’

SmartProbe allows for precise soil compaction data collection. – Photos SmartProbe

20-09-2024 | News

SmartProbe lets farmers use smartphones to tackle soil compaction

What is the effect of a VF tire under a trailer on the soil? Future farming compares the effect of VF tires with standard radial tires. – Photos: Michel Velderman

19-09-2024 | Article

Lower soil pressure? VF tires under trailers work, but mainly shallow

While no-till may not always deliver the highest yields for corn and soybeans, it excels in terms of overall profitability. – Photo: Skitterphoto/Pixabay

16-09-2024 | Article

Long-term research finds no-till most cost-effective for corn and soybean farmers

Photo: Canva

30-08-2024 | News

MSU professors developing autonomous soil health-sensing system with $750K grant

The Chameleon Card lights up to display whether the soil is wet, dry or moist. The system is now also available for farmers in Australia. - Photo: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

07-05-2024 | Article

Australian soil water sensor popular among smallholder farmers

Photo: Henk Riswick

08-04-2024 | News

Biome Makers’ BeCrop soil intelligence technology proven effective

Cyclone Farms is located along a long straight road with vast acreages of farmland on each side of that road in York, East Central Nebraska. The farm is surrounded by conventional farmers. - Photos: René Koerhuis

16-01-2024 | Article

Cyclone Farms – ‘Soil health is our first line of defence’

Foto: Canva

15-12-2023 | News

27 new AIM for Climate Innovation Sprints were announced at COP28

Mycorrhizal fungi can serve as a sustainable alternative to chemical pesticides, which are often used to ward off crop diseases. - Photo: Henk Riswick

05-12-2023 | News

Higher crop yields possible thanks to disease-resistant fungi

Photo: Valentin Ratasich

26-09-2023 | Article

Variable depth cultivation: updates and new insights

Loam’s microbial technology enables greater volumes of carbon to be stored in soils for longer periods of time. - Photo: Ivan Bandura

25-09-2023 | Article

Seed coating increases a plant’s ability to store carbon in soil

Rubber tracks also have their limitations… - Photo: Hans Banus

22-09-2023 | Expert opinion

‘Super wide tires or tracks conceal a deeper danger’

Photo: Koos Groenewold

21-09-2023 | Article

Why do wide tires cause deeper soil compaction? Science explains

Biome Makers offered its tests offered in 45 countries. - Photo: Biome Makers

14-09-2023 | Article

DNA soil analysis, what’s involved and the benefits it provides

Sowing green manure in grain stubble. To sow crops without tillage, a special direct sowing machine is required. These are hardly available in The Netherlands. - Photo: Ajaan Hijmans

12-09-2023 | Article

Let nature do more work with regenerative agriculture

Nexat stands for Next Generation Agricultural Technology and is a tool carrier for soil cultivation, sowing, crop protection and harvesting. - Photos: Nexat, Hubert Wilmer

11-09-2023 | Article

Nexat tool carrier bridges soil compaction

Photo: WUR

04-09-2023 | News

CO2 storage in agricultural soils yields little climate gain

A pilot project measuring how much carbon is being stored in the soil is taking place this year at Hebert Grain Ventures (HGV) in Fairlight, Saskatchewan, Canada. - Photo's: Hebert Grain Ventures

01-08-2023 | Article

Building a carbon market – an innovative farm business

Photo: Peter Roek

20-06-2023 | News

Regen Ag Lab opens DNA soil testing technology for farmers

New tools, service plans and resources in AcreForward are to help advisors deliver high-quality expertise across more fields, engage growers with valuable insights, and get the most out of their Taranis service in the next growing season. - Photo: Taranis

07-02-2023 | News

Taranis AcreForward offers new insights into soil health and carbon sequestration

Reducing the timing of soil analysis to a small fraction of traditional tests should provide widespread benefits for growers. - Photo: Canva

06-02-2023 | News

Redox Bio-Nutrients offers real-time soil analysis technology

23-01-2023 | News

CNH Industrial invests in soil sensing technology

The level of radioactivity in the soil provides information about the type of soil, which can help growers optimise crop yields. - Photo: Canva

18-01-2023 | News

Drone measures radioactivity in the soil

When it comes to precision ag, we're still in the early phases, according to Dr. Steve Shirtliffe. - Photo: Canva

13-01-2023 | Article

Precision ag – what lies ahead

SoilReader is a visible and near-infrared spectrometry (VNIRS) real-time soil analysis technology. It will hit the market by the end of 2023. - Photos: SoilReader

09-12-2022 | Article

An in-depth look at the revolutionary ‘SoilReader’ technology

Erik Eising with SoilReader. Why is SoilReader a revolutionary invention for arable farmers? Find out Friday, December 9th. - Photo: SoilReader

06-12-2022 | News

Exclusive: A look at the revolutionary SoilReader before it reaches market

A Dutch precision farming research project worked with a sensor to measure presence of soil insects. How does it indicate soil health?Photo: NPPL

18-11-2022 | Article

Sensor measures presence of soil insects to indicate soil health

Soy beans are being planted in a field with cover crops. - Photo: Phill Magakoe / AFP

17-11-2022 | News

Cover crops can lower crop yields, study shows

The new 80-acre John Deere demonstration farm is a partnership between Deere and Iowa State University (ISU). - Photo: Deere

01-11-2022 | News

John Deere demo farm to focus on soil health in grain production

27-09-2022 | News

Syngenta Interra Scan soil mapping service allows growers to better understand soil health

AgroCares and trinamiX jointly offer soil nutrient scanning solution.Contract signing between Henri Hekman, CEO and Founder of AgroCares, and Dr. Christian Nitschke, Director IR Sensing & Spectroscopy Solutions Business at trinamiX, in Ludwigshafen, Germany. - Photo: trinamiX GmbH

13-09-2022 | News

AgroCares and trinamiX jointly offer soil nutrient scanning solution

Farmer Sam Coulton says the cotton fields easily ‘swallowed up’ the shredded cotton material, giving him confidence that this composting method has practical long term potential. - Photo: Australian Cotton

07-09-2022 | Article

The benefits of returning cotton textile waste to fields

A three-year cover crop of a grass-clover mixture will be mowed periodically with no other disturbance. Farmers in Washington state typically grow potatoes every 3 to 5 years. - Photo: Deirdre Griffin LaHue.

18-08-2022 | News

Improving soil health in potato cropping systems

Radicle Labs is part of a suite of new tools called Radicle Agronomics, which is to enable agronomists discard manual and error-prone processes. - Photo: Precision Planting

16-08-2022 | News

Precision Planting launches fully automated soil sampling laboratory

Photo: Syngenta

04-08-2022 | News

Syngenta launches precision soil analysis service for farmers

The Grinder is significantly lighter and smaller and requires less power from the tractor. - Photo: Cologne University of Applied Sciences

15-07-2022 | News

New implement for stubble and soil cultivation

The Claas Terranimo tool alerts the tractor driver to soil compaction. The tool uses data from the Cemos assistance system. There the driver enters soil type and soil condition as well as axle load and tyre pressure. These data are linked to Terranimo. - Photo: Stephan Bayer

07-06-2022 | News

Claas Terranimo tool warns driver of soil compaction

The carbon stock at 30 cm depth level in all of Brazil's territory is estimated to be 36 billion tons. - Photo: José Coelho de Araújo Filho

28-03-2022 | News

Digital map shows carbon stocks in Brazilian soil

Understanding soil organic carbon at regional, national, or global scales could help scientists predict overall soil health, crop productivity, and even worldwide carbon cycles. - Photo: Canva

10-03-2022 | News

Monitoring soil carbon with hyperspectral sensing and AI

Heavy machinery in the field can compact the soil, which damages the soil's ability to absorb both water and nutrients. - Photo: Mark Pasveer

14-12-2021 | News

Optimising field traffic to reduce soil compaction

Photo: Mark Pasveer

21-09-2021 | Article

Soil compaction 101

Redbank Farm is a mixed cropping farm, growing crops on 170 hectares of land. - Photo: Redbank Farm

21-09-2021 | Article

Technology and healthy soil boost yields at Redbank Farm

Photo: Mark Pasveer

21-09-2021 | Article

10 tips to improve soil health

The Cargill RegenConnect program is part of the company's 10 million acre regenerative agriculture commitment. - Photo: Cargill

20-09-2021 | News

Cargill to connect farmers to carbon marketplace

Australian soils, in particular in the marginal wheat belt in Western Australia, are structurally degraded. - Photo: David Maunsell

14-09-2021 | News

Returning nitrogen to soils without chemicals

Variable depth tillage can help cure compaction, avoid unnecessary cultivations and produce considerable cost savings. - Photo: Väderstad

10-09-2021 | Article

The great potential of spot specific tillage (and why it hasn’t been unlocked yet)

With more than 65% of agronomic crops under no-till production in Pennsylvania, herbicide-resisant weeds are spreading, reducing crop yields and becoming very difficult to control. - Photo: Canva

06-09-2021 | News

Reduce herbicide use and maintain crop yield with no-till