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Wrong Organic Matter, Wrong Calcium: How a Carbon Test Writes the Lime Order

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Wrong Organic Matter, Wrong Calcium: How a Carbon Test Writes the Lime Order

A soil test can put the right calcium in the wrong percentage. The kilogram of exchangeable calcium in the bag did not change. The denominator did. Cation exchange capacity is that denominator.

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Excess Calcium Tightens Soil and Lowers Oxygen

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Excess Calcium Tightens Soil and Lowers Oxygen

Calcium is sold as the mineral that opens soil. On most New Zealand clays that is true — inside a window. Past that window the same cation that built the crumb starts to close it.

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Copper Nutrition Products compared to Copper Fungicides for Plant Disease Control

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Copper Nutrition Products compared to Copper Fungicides for Plant Disease Control

Comparative studies between Copper nutritional products and Copper Fungicide have consistently shown that the preventive and curative efficacy of the former is often significantly higher, and in the worst case, similar to that of the Copper Fungicide.

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Bacillus subtilis for plant health and crop yield improvements:

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Bacillus subtilis for plant health and crop yield improvements:

Plant diseases are a significant threat to global food security and agricultural productivity. Traditional methods of disease control, such as chemical pesticides and fungicides, have several drawbacks, including harmful environmental and health effects and increasing levels of resistants. Therefore, alternative methods of disease control are urgently needed. The use of beneficial bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, has emerged as a sustainable and eco-friendly approach to control plant diseases. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the benefits and efficacy of using Bacillus subtilis for plant disease control. We discuss the modes of action of Bacillus subtilis, its efficacy against a range of plant pathogens, and its effects on plant growth and development. Furthermore, we highlight the potential of using Bacillus subtilis in combination with other biological control agents to enhance its efficacy.

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How well is the term Regenerative Agriculture understood?

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How well is the term Regenerative Agriculture understood?

Regenerative Agriculture, the term is now used widely, but how well is it truly understood? At its core it means to renew or restore, yet many of the practices used under the Regenerative label can't even be considered sustainable, rather they do further harm to the soil and wider ecosystems. The Regenerative term is also being considered for application in a much wider context than just a soil health restoration, but also a food system and planetary restoration principals.

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