Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

It wasn’t too many years ago that in October and November, we could smell the smoke from burning leaves almost every day. Gardeners who knew about the potential benefits of those leaves were ...

Amidst the flyover chatter, Iowa boasts Mollisols—rich, black earth crucial for top-notch corn and soybean crops, a testament to the state’s agricultural might.

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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 ...

This monsoon, heavy rains swept through the country, causing flooding. These floods add a complex layer to the ongoing soil health crisis. 'After floods, agriculture fields in many areas are buried ...

From composting to agroforestry, here are six sustainable soil restoration practices that improve fertility, boost farmer ...

The hope was that the soil might save us. With civilization continuing to pump ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, perhaps plants—nature’s carbon scrubbers—might be able to ...

An acid found in rich humus soil breaks down the misfolded brain proteins — called prions — that cause chronic wasting disease. When concentrations of humic acid similar to those found in soils were ...