Doug Steffen creates compost extracts from native microorganisms to treat seeds and soil, reducing inputs while improving ...

Learn why soil pH is the most important soil test value and how it affects nutrient availability and lime requirements.

Doug Palen runs a family farm in north-central Kansas, a place he’s called home all his life. Since he started farming for himself in the early 1990s, he’s tried any number of tests that measure soil ...

Growing demand for eco-conscious turf care and soil management highlights a shift toward sustainable materials and ...

Everyone knows eating fruits and vegetables is good for your health. But these days, stores offer a dizzying array of options: organic, conventional, CSAs, local agriculture. Which ones are best for ...

Carbon capture is the effective use of storing carbon in soil, resulting when carbon gains are more than carbon losses. With ...

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 ...

An experiment conducted on 10 farms across the U.S. suggests that crops from farms following soil-friendly practices for at least five years have a healthier nutritional profile than the same crops ...

Nearly 1,700 fish in Little River recently died from what the Georgia Environmental Protection Division believes was pollution from soil additives that entered the waterway from a Wilkes County farm ...