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In 1893 “Bread from Stones” was written by Julius Hensel and is recognised as the first book to raise the awareness to farmers of their options available to them.

In 1893 “Bread from Stones” was written by Julius Hensel and is recognised as the first book to raise the awareness to farmers of their options av…

In 1975 it was revealed that plants and insects “talk” to each other

When you know and accept this, you can learn how to control insects without the use of toxic sprays. A worldwide revolution in agriculture occurred in…

The Cause Of Yellowing Plants Is Not Always A Lack Of Nitrogen

Then why do plants yellow? Plants yellow from a number of reasons. It is poorly understood that yellowing is most likely caused by a number of nutrien…

To Spray or Not To Spray”? Or “Who To Trust When It Comes To Rust?

Are you farming solely to produce food and make a profit somehow or are you farming to produce food and make a profit and to create and be part of a h…

Farmer Observation V Scientific Proof

When farmers observe some fundamentals that really work for them these observations often are not treated seriously by their fellow farmers. They get …

Did you know that a single tablespoon of healthy soil might contain over a billion beneficial soil microbes!!!

In a healthy soil there are literally hundreds and hundreds of species of soil bacteria, soil fungi, and many other microscopic soil organisms. The pr…

Bacteria is Essential to All Life Above the Ground in this World

Bacteria is absolutely essential to all life above the ground as we know it in this world. Our world is calculated to be 4.6 billion years old and the…

To Increase Their Yields And Get A Bigger Return Most Farmers Are Told To Feed Their Soils

Let’s look at some basics of how the plants and soils function which get overlooked in main stream agriculture. A plant consists mainly of products …

Is Your Farm a Factory or a Biological Organism and as such Part of the Environment in which You Live?

Are you farming solely to produce food and make a profit Or are you farming to produce food, make a profit and to create and be part of a healthy, sus…

Getting the Farmers To Use Commercial Products For Life

If all farmers would only realize that the aim of agribusiness is to create loyal customers and have farmers using their products for life then farmer…

Men are Anxious to Improve their Circumstances but are Unwilling to Improve Themselves, They Therefore Remain Bound

Most farmers want to improve their farm and are constantly on the search for better ways of farming, not only to get more profits but also to look goo…

What Stops Farmers From Making The Change From Conventional to Biological Farming?

On speaking with many conventional farmers the No. 1 fear that stops change is that taking any steps from traditional practices will lead to loss of p…

Are You at the Fore Front of New Farming Techniques?

At Farming Secrets we continually find farmers whose methods and practices are ahead of the current technology. In many cases they are disparaged as …

Chefs Follow a Tradition that Goes Back for Centuries when Foraging for Edible Wild Plants to Enrich their Menus

Unlike most of us who disparage weeds as unwelcome guests in our gardens (and paddocks), (many chefs have) quite a taste for them – literally.

Chefs Lead the Way for Local Organic Food along with Environmentally Aware People

Due to the rising costs of oil, in the form of fertilisers and pesticides, in the distances produce travels from farm to plate and in the energy it ta…

Your Current Thinking has Got You to Where You are Today

If you are achieving your goals in this area you are what we would term an innovative and thinking industry leader. You would have developed practices…

Weighing Up the Cost of Wrong “Scientific” Information

We all have different belief systems which are formed within our family and reinforced by our education, our communities and the media as we grow up. …

Biological Farming Helps Fight CO2 Emissions

Studies have shown that conventional arable farming operations in England consume some 17,000 litres of fossil fuels embodied in fertilisers per 100 h…

Work with Your Local Community to Create Your Future Viability

Recently we have been researching local Community Support Agriculture (CSA) groups to find out how they operate successfully. There are a growing hand…

Create your Own Market to Ensure Your Future Viability

Recently we have been speaking with farmers who are very interested in finding out how to dictate to the market the prices that would justify a fair r…

The Economics of Biological Farming is Simple: Less Cost and Better Produce

A biological fertiliser program cost one farmer $110/ha this year compared with $215/ha for a conventional application of urea and MAP based on curren…

The Costly Nitrogen Myth

You probably know of farmers top dressing their cereal crops with nitrogen sometimes twice in the season. Sometimes they have improved crops. Sometime…

Dairy Farmers Told to Reduce the Use of Nitrogen or Grow Blueberries!

A recent article in a farm weekly reports that farmers around Lake Taupo, in the North Island of New Zealand, will need a permit to farm. Authorities …

Nutrient Dense Produce is the Key to Profitable Farming with Immense Satisfaction

Work only with consultants and experts who fully understand how to achieve nutrient dense produce. Be mindful of how critically important soil life is…

How does a Farmer Grow Nutrient Dense Stockfeed and any other Crops that are Productive, Profitable and Relatively Trouble Free?

Understand that it’s the soil life: bacteria, fungi and the rest of the soil food web which convert minerals and gases into available plant food for…

Getting a Grip on Nutrient Dense Produce is the Biggest, Most Important Aspect of Farming Profitably and with Satisfaction

Just imagine how much better your plants, stock and ultimately we would be if we all consumed food that had been similarly grown and contained at leas…

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