After a fall harvest and before the spring planting season, soil is typically cultivated so it can become more fertile and welcoming for plant growth. All farmers practice at least one type of tillage ...

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, ...

North Dakota sugarbeet farmers work to save the soil About a half dozen farmers in Walsh County, North Dakota, are conducting on-farm research trials on various methods including, minimum till, strip ...

Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus. Reporter Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus.

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 ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/surviving-the-dust-bowl-biography-hugh-hammond-bennett/ A picnic for tennant farmers of the Duke Power Co. near ...

World Soil Day is celebrated on December 5 every year, as recommended by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) in 2002. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Conference endorsed World ...

Environmental challenges are becoming more relevant in today's world, so it is essential that we make a distinction between conservation and preservation. Although both relate to environmental ...