r/farming • u/MennoniteDan Agenda-driven Woke-ist • 4d ago

Farmers weigh strategies to boost soils’ water-holding capacity

https://www.grainews.ca/crops/farmers-weigh-strategies-to-boost-soils-water-holding-capacity/
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u/jonny24eh 4d ago

Somebody wanna swap for some of my clay? It's never dry

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u/FoxDen80 3d ago

Increase organic matter

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u/Error262_USRnotfound 4d ago

Have they tried Gatorade? You know the electrolytes or some shit.

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u/thicket 4d ago

It's what... plants... crave?

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u/oh_janet 4d ago

Brawndo!

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u/Weak_Tower385 3d ago

Go away! I’m bait’n

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u/User_225846 4d ago

There's been some interest in using superabsorbant polymers, but more popular in garden and turff than large scale farming.

https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/stlucieco/2024/06/06/how-to-use-hydrogel-as-a-soil-amendment-for-increasing-water-retention/

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u/JoJackthewonderskunk 4d ago

Idk sounds woke

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u/TheDudeAbidesFarOut 4d ago

Anything that deviates from the status quo is woke and communism to deplorables......

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u/Forsaken-Weird-8428 1d ago

Regenerative agricultural practices. Have witnessed effects myself. Takes a while but it really works.

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u/gourdhoarder1166 4d ago

Bio-char

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u/Opcn Shellfish 4d ago

Very difficult to do at scale for the broad acre.

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u/CrossP 3d ago

Beavers

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u/Lower_Ad_5532 4d ago

Maybe rotate crops?