The Keetch Byram Drought Index estimates the dryness of soil and duff layers. Duff is the decayed organic material on the ground. While the Panhandle and North Florida have been receiving rain ...

Repeat layers of “brown” and “green” until your bed is about 18 inches to 3 feet high. ... especially in our sandy Florida soil. Of course, there’s always a downside.

Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane. Are Florida’s sugar farms a greenhouse gas hot spot ...

For comparison, soils with a higher silt and clay content have a CEC of around 30-40, while our sandy Florida soils have a CEC of around 3-5.

As the Nov. 5 general election approaches, many candidates have run for elected, unpaid positions on boards for soil and water conservation districts across Florida. They’re vying to represen… ...

Soil and water are the origin of what we eat and drink — linchpins of Florida's future growth. How we manage them winds up in front of the state's 55 unsung soil and water conservation districts.

Farming in the Florida Everglades Agricultural requires a delicate touch. The area has lost nearly 6 ft. of soil in the past century through a process called subsidence. One way to slow down this ...

Florida Crystals Corp., another leading producer of sugar cane, said its farmers have taken steps to minimize peat loss and greenhouse gas emissions by focusing, for instance, on minimizing soil ...

Florida Crystals Corp., another leading producer of sugar cane, said its farmers have taken steps to minimize peat loss and greenhouse gas emissions by focusing, for instance, on minimizing soil ...