AGRICULTURE NEWS - Not all commercial farmers recognise the true value of soil quality. The emphasis has long been on artificial fertilisers, crop chemicals and soil tillage.
These products and practices have resulted in soil degradation across the world, and pushed up the cost of producing crops. This in turn has made it extremely difficult for small-scale and new farmers to survive.
The answer is to cut tillage to an absolute minimum or apply no-till practices and concentrate on increasing the level of humus, a specific type of organic matter in the soil.
Read the full article here on the Caxton Publication, Farmers Weekly
