TORONTO, S.D. — A custom feedlot near the South Dakota-Minnesota border is fast becoming an innovator in turning bedded pack manure into a value-added soil additive — “humus compost.” Owners Chad and ...

Leaves swirling around in the air will settle on the forest floor and begin the process of generating more humus, the “life force” of the soil. Centre Daily Times, file I have written before on ...

One of the best sources of humus, homemade compost gives the soil a healthful boost. Of all garden topics, the most important is building soil. Unfortunately, most of us gardeners have difficulty ...

A NSW beef producer claims there is a direct link between soil humus and water levels in our rivers. Glen Morris runs cattle on properties near Inverell and Grafton in northern NSW and says you can't ...

Researchers at Southern Federal University (SFedU) have grown the first barley sprouts from soil that replicates the Martian regolith. The scientists added a special mixture of microorganisms to the ...

For husband-and-wife Jeff and Annie Main, their interest in farming stems from their days as UC Davis students. However, neither studied agriculture. Instead, they were introduced to the concept ...

THE turn-over of soil organic matter is a much-discussed problem in pedology. Although much has been written about the rate of breakdown of soil organic matter in mull and mor (for references see ref.

Concentrations of 15 elements (Al, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S and Zn) in the current annual growth increments of the ectohydric feather moss, Hylocomium splendens, were compared ...