Biochar can be produced from a variety of feedstocks, including wood chips, corn cobs, or separated manure solids. Its ...

Soil-available water, or water in the soil that plants can extract, determines nutrient availability, grain fill and ...

Farmers have long debated which practices do the most to keep their soil healthy. Now, after pulling data from 21 long-term ...

Plant-derived cellulose is used to create soil sensors that detect moisture, nutrients, and diseases before they damage crops.

It is more common for Ohio to experience soil erosion via concentrated surface water leaving fields. The energy of raindrops ...

The Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District field event will share on-farm cover crop data and a Harvest Drone swarm drone demonstration among other topics. RSVP by April 1 for the meal.

As you wrap up harvest this year, the work isn’t quite over. With the end of one season, you beckon in a new one with the way you treat the soil and prepare it for spring planting just a few short ...

There’s a reason Dr. Rick Haney is known as “the legend” in sustainable ag circles. The soil health test he developed helped farmers get a true picture of what was going on beneath the surface.

Saltwater intrusion from sea level rise and tidal flooding is increasing soil salinity risks in coastal farm fields (Figure 1). Soil salinity is related to the presence of soluble salts and cations ...