One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

Healthy soil acts like a power source for every thriving garden, and small changes can trigger surprisingly fast improvements. Gardeners often focus on plants while the real transformation starts ...

Prairie strips can improve measures of soil health faster than expected, according to new research by Iowa State University scientists working in cooperation with the Soil Health Institute. Prairie ...

Manitowoc County farmers gathered to share research and technology for soil and water conservation. New tools discussed included adaptive irrigation, prairie strips and reduced-tillage practices. The ...

It also holds thousands of acres of fertile cropland used to grow forage for an estimated 2,000 dairy herds. The area is one of five dairy regions in the U.S. where scientists sampled soils on ...

The 145 soil samples were obtained from citrus orchards (26), vineyards (29), and vegetable gardens (90) and range in crop types, 48 of which were from leafy vegetables, 4 from brassicas, 9 from ...

For years, soil health has been the slightly awkward cousin of air and water monitoring.Air has legal limits, reference ...