Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...
Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...
Soils come in many different colors, described by hue, value, and chroma (Munsell color system). Using the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) online Web Soil Survey (WSS) to discover the ...
Students in Soil Science 100 examining wet soil at UC Davis Russell Ranch, October 2016. A teaspoon of soil teems with billions of microbes that are vital to all life on Earth. UC Davis researchers ...
Governor Kelly Armstrong has announced a new soil health and habitat program, meant to benefit marginally productive cropland ...
Current concerns to enhance food security for the ever growing world population and arrest widespread land degradation have highlighted the importance of agricultural land use and management on soil ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to Andy Taylor, the ...
The forestry sector has become a driving force in Chile’s national economy, with exports increasing from approximately US $4 million in 1970 to US $5.9 billion in 2011. However, the intensification of ...
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