Società Agricola Cricoli

This is a no-till arable site with residue retention and pivot irrigation. Soil-health actions focus on expanding cover crop use, improving crop rotation design and maintaining reduced soil disturbance. The main crops are maize (food/feed), soybean (food/feed) and rapeseed (food/oilseed/industrial use).

Green crops beneath irrigation equipment at Società Agricola Cricoli.

Carbon farming practices implemented

13 - Improving timing and application of nutrients

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

Agricultural machinery working in a harvested field.
No- tillage

Crops:  

Yellow flowering rapeseed field beside farm buildings.
Rapeseed

Maize cobs with husks opened on standing plants.
Maize

Soybean plants with mature pods in a field.
Soybean

Hand holding ripe wheat ears.
Wheat
Poplar trees growing in rows.
Cover crop

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