Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Recently, at an international chef competition, I fell into conversation with Jeremy Chan, head chef of the ...

There are few things more satisfying than a lush green field of soybeans laden with pods. To enhance the crop—and maybe increase yield—farmers have used inoculants for many years. As a legume, ...

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Emily Becker demonstrates how to identify bird vetch in Anchorage's Airport Heights neighborhood on July 3, 2025. Emily Becker hunched over a patch of purple flowers in a public easement garden in ...

Rapid wilting is key to minimise excessive sugar and protein losses. The longer the wilting time, the more spoilage microorganisms will compete with lactic acid producing bacteria, leading to poorer ...

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Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth), a leguminous plant with nitrogen-fixing ability, is used as a cover crop and has the potential to suppress weeds and plant diseases. The microbial composition, ...

Crop-specific inoculants are microbial products that enhance the growth and help of particular crops. They contain beneficial microorganisms, such as bacteria or fungi and establish a symbiotic ...

Use of a slurry inoculant on a Cornish farm resulted in fewer nutrient losses and a boost in grass yields by nearly 20%, a trial has shown. These resulted in a return of £4.99 for every £1 invested, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...

Farmers are always looking for an advantage, and in one specialized market one company touts its seed treatment process to put money in the pockets of durum wheat growers. Yalos is a bio-inoculant ...

Vetch, the pasture legume that filled a role as the main pulse phase in farming systems in low rainfall areas of southern Australia for many years, has fallen out of favour with some producers in ...