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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture and land management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the latest issue (April 2019) of the SWCS Conservation
NewsBriefs.

Apologies for any cross-posting.

*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

*Global CA-CoP*

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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture



*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting);  (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all
continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual
cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems,
agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland
systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation
Tillage, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation
Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own* (more at:
http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
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*Conservation NewsBriefs is a weekly compilation of news stories of
interest to SWCS members and stakeholders. The opinions expressed herein
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect official policy of
the Soil and Water Conservation Society unless otherwise stated. The
products mentioned herein are not endorsed by the Soil and Water
Conservation Society unless so stated.*
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Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland
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Michigan
State University via ScienceDaily
Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with
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The adoption of cover crops as a key soil health practice continues at a
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The latest federal Census of Agriculture shows that more farms are adopting
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When lending money, banks should reward farmers who look after the
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Helmholtz
Association of German Research Centres via Phys.org
The exploitation of farmland is being intensified with a focus on raising
yields. The degree to which yields actually increase as a result, and the
extent of the simultaneous loss of biological diversity have to date been
under-researched factors. An international team of scientists led by the
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There was a moment, about 20 years ago, when farmers thought that they'd
finally defeated weeds forever. Biotech companies had given them a new
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the implementation
status of the 2018 Farm Bill. President Trump signed this Farm Bill into
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As devastating images of the 2019 Midwest floods fade from view, an
insidious and longer-term problem is emerging across its vast plains: The
loss of topsoil that much of the nation's food supply relies on. Today,
Midwest farmers are facing millions of bushels of damaged crops such as
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