Less intensive management works best for agricultural soil, study finds

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Apr 28, 2025, 4:16 pm182 ptsTrendingTop
The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. These are the conclusions of a research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW).

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