Across the globe, soil compaction is becoming an ever more serious challenge. Heavy vehicles and machinery in modern ...

For Katie Lewis, every soil sample, every field trial and every long day in the West Texas sun comes down to one thing – helping farmers.

(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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - From strategies that can strengthen Indiana farms to inspired ideas for urban agriculture across the state, the Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference connects producers ...

Sixty percent of all the world's nutrients applied to fields never make it to the plants. That is an astonishing number, considering the cost of fertilizers. It is also worrisome considering that ...

We’ve been treating soil like dirt for too long. Dirt needs to be fed in order to produce. Healthy soil contains tens of thousands of microbes pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and turning it into ...

South India Natural Farming Summit stakeholders propose a blueprint to enhance sustainable agriculture and support farmers in ...

Modern farming techniques have brought the world a wonderful bounty of agriculture, but they’ve also been terrible news for the Earth’s “digestive system,” the delicate 10 to 12 inches of topsoil ...

Pipeline Entrepreneurs and PrairieFood Partner to Launch Transitional Agronomy Pilot with 50% Cost-Share for Participants ...

In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more sustainable agricultural production could lie in harvesting the diverse beneficial soil microbiome in native bushland settings, ...

If humankind is ever to establish long-term bases on the moon, there will be a need for a regular source of food. It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil ...