Learn why soil pH is the most important soil test value and how it affects nutrient availability and lime requirements.

Growing demand for eco-conscious turf care and soil management highlights a shift toward sustainable materials and ...

Hughes, a University of Minnesota Extension educator that specializes in tillage, soil compaction and soil health joined UMN Extension crops educator Angie Peltier to talk about ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

Throughout human history, our relationship with the soil has affected our ability to cultivate crops and influenced the success of civilizations. This relationship between humans, the earth, and food ...

David Pearson, President, Joseph Phelps Winery in Napa Valley, speaking at the World Living Soils Forum in Napa. According to Regeneration International, regenerative agriculture describes farming and ...

Across Washington, a growing number of farmers are turning to regenerative agriculture — practices that rebuild soil health, protect water and strengthen local food systems for generations to come. In ...

Norlin Mommsen is a third-generation farmer in Iowa, using techniques for raising corn and alfalfa passed down from his father and grandfather. But he sees the writing on the wall when it comes to a ...

Soil scientist Andrew Margenot holds a jar of soil gathered from Menard County, Illinois in 1948. The University of Illinois professor said he rediscovered the "church of soil" when searching an old ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...