Pesticide residues impact not only soil health but the health of all organisms while research shows that organic mitigates ...

A research team proposes a method to calculate, compare and communicate how different crops affect the loss of agricultural soil, with the aim of raising awareness of this problem and promoting ...

People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil ...

Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as "proxies" for measuring how different ...

Scientists in Ghana are set to “see” beneath the soil surface in real time for the first time, using a new technology expected to improve climate-resilient farming and deepen understanding of how ...

Farmers have long debated which practices do the most to keep their soil healthy. Now, after pulling data from 21 long-term field trials scattered across the United States, a multi-state research team ...

The new laboratory focuses on analyzing the chemical, biological, and physical indicators of soil health.

Playing in the dirt isn’t just a summer-time activity for kids. It can be a great tool for youth to learn about the soil that Indiana farmers rely on, and Purdue Extension’s 4-H educators accomplished ...

Sandeep Kumar, an Indian American soil scientist and former national program leader with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ...

A professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba talks about his work in reclamation and ...