Climate change is no longer an abstraction. I can literally see it at my front door. My figs ripened in October 2024, which has never happened before as it was never warm enough during that month. In ...

Corn yield champs say annual soil testing is the best way to make sure fields are up to the goal of delivering profitable ...

Soil microbes benefit plants by helping with nutrient uptake and disease resistance. Modulating these communities of bacteria ...

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 ...

Chris Kubiak stands next to one of his 350 apple trees at his 5-acre Timberwolf Orchard in Mercer County, Pa. In response to global soil shortages, war, and climate change, regenerative farming ...

Cover crops, plants grown to protect and enrich the soil, are known to boost soil health and help store carbon. However, the ...

Planting a diverse blend of crops and cover crops, and not tilling, helps promote soil health. Catherine Ulitsky, USDA/Flickr One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming ...

Both sides of the debate argue that their methods of organic farming have an increasingly important role to play in protecting the climate and building sustainability. Credit: Valcenteau/CC-BY-SA-2.0 ...

Soil scientist Ray Archuleta, founder of Understanding Ag and the Soil Health Academy, will address the Spokane Conservation District's Farm and Food Symposium in November. Agriculture could be the ...

The Arizona Department of Agriculture will give $1.8 million to landowners working on soil health innovation and sustainable ...