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 […]