How to maintain soil fertility in stockless organic farming: research concepts and insights from the first crop rotation of a long‑term field experiment

With the increase of organic agriculture throughout Europe, there is also an increase of stockless organic farms. On mixed farms, growth of perennial legume-grass mixtures as well as farmyard manure are important contributors to soil fertility and play a key role for nutrient management. On stockless farms, such crops have no direct economic use and […]

L’EGTOP approva (nuovamente) la struvite

Il “Gruppo di esperti per la consulenza tecnica sulla produzione biologica” (EGTOP) dell’Ue ha confermato il suo parere positivo (2016) secondo cui la “struvite di recupero” dovrebbe essere autorizzata in agricoltura bio…