January 2025 Issue

 Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, January 2025 | Issue #643, Copyright 2025, 67 pages. 

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Contents

January 2025 • Issue #643

Photo: Seeds  (Courtesy of Green Cover Seeds)

Photo caption: Does your field look like this right now (under the snow!)? A cover crop of rye keeps the soil covered and maintains a living root over the winter months — key for maintaining plant/mycorrhizal relationships. (Courtesy of Green Cover Seeds)

FEATURES

Growing Biologically Rich Seeds
Keith Berns of Green Cover Seeds discusses hybrid cover crops, seed-microbe interactions, crop insurance and cover crops, the nutrient-chelating effects of glyphosate, and more

Healthy Complexity
Through the rhizophagy process, plants can accumulate complex molecules like fatty acids — which improve their health and resilience — from microbe cell walls
BY WILLIE PRETORIUS

LOOK!... a Seed!
A seed is the beginning, and the end, of a plant's life.
BY MARK SHEPARD

Full Bale Ahead
Different bale grazing techniques for perennial and annual pastures can help optimize pasture diversity and nutrition.
BY TAYLOR HENRY

DEPARTMENTS

VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor

OPINION
Hey, Guess What?!? Breeding Works!
Selecting the right pressures to apply during breeding can result in seed varieties that resist insects and drought, that find their own nutrients, and that outcompete weeds and cover crops
BY RAECHEL BAUMGARTNER

ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science

REGEN AGRONOMY
Insourcing Seeds 
Seeds are the most foundational part of our farms, and caring more about which seeds we use, and how we prepare them for planting, can provide our greatest return on investment
BY BRUNO SEGRERA

REGEN ECONOMICS
The Slow Burn of Marketing Works
Consistent marketing, whether managed in-house or with outside help, pays off through steady growth and loyal customers
BY KIRSTEN SIMMONS

INTERVIEW
What Your Corn Eats
Walter Goldstein of the Mandaamin Institute discusses how corn bred for optimal microbial interaction — varieties that utilize the rhizophagy cycle — can supply its own nitrogen and other nutrients and can outcompete weeds 

REVIEWS

MARKETPLACE

CLASSIFIEDS

ECO-MEETINGS

ECO-GRAPHIC

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