Dr Abigail Makim

Agricultural ecologist working in macadamias, avos, lychees, custard apples & vegetables. I specialise in cover crops & native veg areas for ecosystem services

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

https://t.co/OaVdMAr4s2

[Soils For Life @SoilsforLife]

What benefits are farmers seeing from adopting regenerative approaches? We’ve been listening to six different farmers’ perspectives on the positive impacts of regenerative farming. And we’ve produced a new series of case studies on this topic: https://t.co/7mB7zzOXAz

[PollinationPapers @poll_papers]

Global meta-analysis shows reduced quality of food crops under inadequate animal pollination https://t.co/JqkczxJdxX

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

Please RSVP: Brisbane Come Together For Yes https://t.co/2uOIL8bvXA

[Ben Adams 🌾 @BenAdamsAgri]

Intercropping, why grow more than one crop at once? Diversity, resilience, margin.

#intercropping #companioncropping #notill #regenerativeagriculture #regenerativefarming #diversity @TheSSFF

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

#organic #flax & #lentil #covercrop #seed #crop #darlingdowns

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

#flax & #lentil #covercrop #organic #seed #crop. Flax has a lot of potential for increasing #AMF in #avocado #orchards #darlingdowns #regenerativeagriculture

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

#covercrop for green manure and also commercial seed - fenugreek, vetch, oats

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

Let’s bring the country together. Pledge to vote Yes in the national referendum for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a voice to Parliament: https://t.co/ts5ZRof4UR https://t.co/6ptHRSm254

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

Landcare Australia’s position on the Nature Repair Market Bill https://t.co/9mEfSVPnGh via @landcareaust

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

Biodiversity on farm https://t.co/yNggAub5C8

[Southern Qld Landscapes @SQLandscapes]

🌲 // Today marks International Day for Biological Diversity, which raises awareness of current #biodiversity issues. The holiday is almost 30 years running! Learn more: 👉 https://t.co/ZeFUfNzPm4

[Sam Knowlton @samdknowlton]

Prairie strips are a farm conservation practice that requires minimal intervention and delivers huge benefits

By converting 10% of cropland to native prairie, farmers can reduce soil loss by 95%, total phosphorous loss by 90%, and total nitrogen loss by 85%

A quick summary:

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

@karinstark79 @olympiayarger So sorry to hear about your disappointment. In my experience a heavy fleabane presence is an indicator of a history of herbicide use and related soil degradation, especially soil biology. It's the weed that can grow when a lot of other things can't. Can you put biology prep out?

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

@ManuSaunders Also, as a tennis tragic I recently asked it to provide the rules for the United Cup. It returned nil results. Seems like low hanging fruit to me but it obviously also has problems with recency.

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

@ManuSaunders I don't think it can currently match or replace a human expert in a given field. Your evidence a good indication of this.

[Sam Knowlton @samdknowlton]

An agroforestry version of a rubber tree farm.

Instead of the usual stands of rubber trees in a sea of bare soil, this farm planted an understory of pineapple with hardwood trees mixed in.

Pineapples provide short-term revenue, and the hardwoods generate a final windfall.

[Dr Abigail Makim @AbiMak2]

@JtdFinch @KristiEllingsen I understand there's a bit of work about for this as a #biocontrol https://t.co/YvuH6JKgcD

[Andrew McGuire @agronomistag]

"cover crop biomass drives ecosystem services [benefits] associated with cover crops..."
If they don't produce much biomass, don't expect many benefits.
Not open access.
https://t.co/ydbM71g36m

[Cornell Cover Crops @CropsCover]

This diagram is helpful for thinking about what happens to #covercrop OM and N, and how termination timing and maturity affect the fate. One can better match to management goals. #killontime