Tag: crops

Discovery Helps Plants Make a Connection With Soil Fungi

Ten years of work result in the discovery of the gene that allows plants and mycorrhizal fungi to interact and could lead to plants that require less fertilizer and can survive and thrive in arid environments. A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered the specific gene that […]

Healing Soils With Cover Crops and Cattle — On Pasture

Here’s a 4:13 video from the Land Stewardship Program’s Bridge to Soil Health Initiative. In it, Kaleb Anderson shows how he uses “sacrifice” pastures planted in cover crops to keep his cattle off their hilly pastures in the spring to prevent erosion and eliminate topsoil loss.Then to counteract the damage done, he lets it heal… via […]