There's no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to improving the soil health of Upper Midwest farms. But the Natural Resources Conservation Service, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...

Soil holds nutrients for plant uptake, holds water and air for metabolic processes, provides habitat for living organisms, and filters impurities. Soil texture is determined by the mixture of the ...

Incorporating conservation practices can help farmers face looming agricultural challenges.

As water continues to be a scarce resource and concerns about food security grow, agricultural producers need to make sure they are maintaining healthy soil in order to maximize production of quality ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

Specialists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will lead a workshop series in Northwest Arkansas to help fruit and vegetable growers understand soil health on their farms ...

Leveraging tools from seismology — the study of earthquakes and the inside of our planet — the Earth Rover Program aims to provide critical data on the health of soil. Humans, and terrestrial life in ...

Conservation practices and planning are essential to ensure productive fields and a healthy environment. Healthy soil will last for generations. Shorter term savings includes using no-till planting to ...

This website, Purdue Soil Health, provides hands-on soil health educational activities for high school teachers, a photo and video library, and general information about Purdue soil health research ...