It's soil that slips through your fingers—loose, dry and stubbornly unproductive. Stretching across large parts of South ...

The new microbe-explicit soil model (left) versus DayCent’s previous soil model that did not explicitly model microbe activity (right). Of all the carbon stored in ecosystems around the world, about ...

By choosing which crops to plant in their fields, Canadian prairie farmers may be able to boost their bottom line while also ...

Yang Lin, Ashley N. Campbell, Amrita Bhattacharyya, Nicole DiDonato, Allison M. Thompson, Malak M. Tfaily, Peter S. Nico, Whendee L. Silver, Jennifer Pett-Ridge https ...

The Nebraska Soil Health Coalition, in partnership with Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor in soil science and agronomy at ...

Sustained increased productivity of trees growing in elevated CO₂ depends in part on their stoichiometric flexibility, i.e., increasing their nutrient use efficiency, or on increased nutrient uptake ...

At Ag in Motion, experts share insights on soil texture, organic matter, cover crops and targeted amendments to help Prairie ...

Soils lose moisture quickly during droughts because the molecular interactions that help retain water are not fully understood. Understanding this mechanism can help engineer soils to better preserve ...

Kwadaso (Ash), Aug 18, GNA – A soil research scientist has stressed the need for Ghana to prioritize building its soil organic matter and strengthening soil fertility to help promote sustainable food ...

CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...