Farmers who employ soil health management practices such as cover crops and no-till can significantly improve their bottom lines, a new study concludes. The Soil Health Institute, Natural Resources ...

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

Return on investment is a key factor in most financial decisions and a big selling point for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIGs). These partnership projects have checked the box on that risk versus ...

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 ...

Ray Archuleta says history is repeating itself across much of the nation. High wheat prices encouraged farmers to till more and more land, but when the drought came in the 1930s, the soil blew because ...

Soil health: it's the latest buzzword steamrolling its way through agriculture. While soil scientist Anthony Bly understands attraction to new fads, he hopes interest in soil health doesn't fall by ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

In a recent review published in the journal Frontiers in Soil Science, researchers attempt to define the term 'soil health' and elucidate the need for research and policy implementations to improve it ...

Real Ag takes a look at Soil Conservation & Health as we speak to local farmers & experts. The soil may be one of the most important elements to a farmer next to water. What types of soil are there in ...