Planting cover crops after corn and soybeans are harvested combats erosion, builds soil, sequesters carbon and protects water surface runoff. Submitted photo Agriculture and conservation go hand in ...

The film discusses the critical role of the sun in Earth's energy cycle and the detrimental effects of land misuse, particularly through deforestation and urbanization. It illustrates how removing ...

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the Palouse at that ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

When Mark Trebilcock first moved to California, he thought his green thumb would follow him from Florida. But instead of thriving fruit trees, he found frustrating clay-heavy soil and sloped ...

Conclusively, soil degradation poses a serious threat to the sustainability of agriculture in Zimbabwe. Without urgent and co ...

Over the last three decades, California has seen increasing erosion after major wildfires — a phenomenon that not only endangers water resources and ecosystems, but is also likely to worsen with ...

At the launch of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung’s updated Soil Atlas 2025, experts highlighted growing soil degradation, rapid ...

The crunch of a plow tearing through rich, dark soil has long been the anthem of gardeners and farmers gearing up for a new ...