The Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership runs an 18-month program about soil health. Learn more about the program.
Farmers, advisers and conservation professionals looking to sharpen their skills and further Illinois’ stewardship practices are encouraged to apply for the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership’s Soil ...
Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas have reintroduced the Soil Conservation And Regeneration Education (Soil CARE) Act.
Traditional ways of fostering soil health have never completely gone away and are on the upswing. According to recent United States Department of Agriculture data, about 37% of U.S. cropland is ...
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 ...
This Spring 2025 Pratt Earth Action Week, join Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, Dr. Perl Egendorf, and Bk Rot for a free public workshop on urban soil science and testing!
I love springtime on the farm. Everything is fresh and green. Everywhere you look, you see life. It’s a time of renewal, of regeneration. Really that is what modern agriculture is about year-round.
“It was fantastic to receive free soil sampling and tailored recommendations for each field,” Andrew said. “We’ve been sampling our cereal ground for years, but this scheme allowed us to assess the ...
In the late 1990s, South Dakota farmer Kurt Stiefvater was ready to give up on the transition to no-till. He’d been no-tilling crops for a decade. But he admits he didn’t understand how it really ...
Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...
Prairie strips can improve measures of soil health faster than expected, according to new research by Iowa State University scientists working in cooperation with the Soil Health Institute. Prairie ...