CAPUTA, S.D.— Understanding your soil type is a vital tool to developing your farming and ranching practices. “Those properties of the soils dictate how we are going to basically utilize those soils ...

Nebraska farmer Jesse Williams demonstrates how careful planter adjustments across different soil types can significantly improve crop stands and profits.

Farmers can use a variety of practices to keep their soils healthy. Some of these practices include not tilling the land, planting cover crops between growing seasons and rotating the type of crop ...

The range of climates and environments across China pose distinct challenges for farming systems. Different agricultural approaches are needed for three major soil types found in the country: saline ...

Farmers know improving soil health can supercharge crop performance. However, it’s not always clear what steps or adjustments a farmer can take to see real results. Try these nine strategies first to ...

Over the past 100 years, droughts have become both more severe and more frequent. Drought conditions are, obviously, of immense importance to agriculture. There have been a number of developments to ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. What does a modern combine harvester and a Diplodocus have in common? One answer, it ...

The Minnesota Soil Health Coalition has a mentor network ready to advise producers in trying some new practices on the farm. Mark Gutierrez, executive director of the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 9, 2024) A study in the journal Biology and Fertility of Soils has confirmed once again that organic agriculture contributes significantly to soil health, improving ...