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Intercropping in oil palm plantations

Oil palms alone can be damaging; with other crops, the benefits abound

Intercropping in oil palm plantations can reduce deforestation, increase biodiversity, and boost farmers' income, all without hurting palm oil yields, new research suggests.

Humus compost manure system
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Humus compost manure system gets carbon into the soil, cuts fertilizer use

Olsen Custom Farms of Hendricks, Minn., has constructed a 14-acre site for making “humus compost" from the farm's 3,500-head confinement beef custom feedlot near Toronto, S.D.

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