How farmers manage their soils is a stronger predictor of soil health than whether the land is organically- or conventionally-farmed, a new study finds. The recent Science paper showed that reduced ...

In a surprising twist amid rising climate concerns, new research shows that scorching soil temperatures during extreme ...

Losing six inches of topsoil could cost farmers more than $6,600 in nutrients and organic matter, according to a new analysis ...

AMES, Iowa – Poorly drained agricultural soils emit enough of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide that the resulting climate change effects could far exceed the benefits of using the same soils as a ...

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Soil Scientist Greg Scott holds healthy soil that absorbed two inches of simulated rainfall, during the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Scientists from the Tonawanda Coke Soil Study hosted a community meeting Thursday evening to share the final results of the research with the public. Researchers investigated soil ...

The system is designed to mimic mechanical impedance and to identify genotypes with contrasting tolerance to compaction—fast enough to support ...

Curious eyes have been scanning how Cliff Linder and some other Stark County farmers have been taking care of their soil. A five-year study called Stark Sustainable Soils Initiative is a project of ...

It was early in the morning when scientists, environmentalists and local leaders gathered Wednesday, June 15, at Pass Creek Ranch north of Silverthorne to continue the first phase of Friends of the ...

The Tonawanda Coke Soil Study investigates how pollution from the Tonawanda Coke Corp. plant has impacted soil in surrounding communities. A federal judge ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to fund the $711 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists from the Tonawanda Coke Soil Study hosted a community meeting on Feb. 24 to share the final results of the research with the public. Researchers investigated soil pollution ...