Farmers can improve soil health and water quality by adopting no-till and reduced tillage practices. Learn how.

Agricultural lime takes time to work, but it provides excellent returns by improving soil pH, nutrient availability and fertilizer efficiency.

Corn growers in the Midwest are testing whether they can use less fertilizer and still maintain yields or improve their bottom line through on-farm research trials. The project is designed for ...

Traditional ways of fostering soil health have never completely gone away and are on the upswing. According to recent United States Department of Agriculture data, about 37% of U.S. cropland is ...

Practice-based carbon programs offer growers a consistent way to engage in regenerative agriculture while supporting ...

Growing research points to soil health as a fundamental building block of our well-being. When it comes to taking care of our health, we often focus on diet, exercise, sleep, among other lifestyle ...

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 ...

Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...

Gardeners obsess over seed varieties and planting dates, yet the soil under their boots often gets ignored. Soil testing for ...

Soil color could replace expensive chemical tests, helping farmers monitor fertility and carbon faster and more safely.

In the Red River Valley, the fragile soil isn’t even safe when it is covered in snow. Soil health depletion combined with erosion can lead to snirt, a phenomenon where snow drifts and melt can move ...