Future Farming, Author at AgriInsite

‘Cane Seed’ aims to reinvent sugarcane management

Brazil's CTC is developing innovative sugarcane seeds, simplifying planting like corn or soybeans. This method reduces soil compaction, retains crop residue, and...

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Sowing cover crops with a drone: not perfect, but promising

Dutch arable farmer Pieter van Leeuwen Boomkamp sowed cover crops in his silage maize in mid-September using a drone. The idea behind...

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Maize as a self-fertilizing crop

Grown for centuries by indigenous farmers in rural Mexico, this rare maize can self-fertilise. The BBC-programm ‘Planet Fix’ explores how this crop...