Most of the foods humans eat come from just a handful of plants. In fact, more than half the plant-based calories humans consume come from wheat, maize, and rice — and all of these plants are annuals, ...

Agriculture and conservation professionals, farmers, landowners and students are invited to attend a regional training focused on the science, management and soil health benefits of integrating ...

Doyle Justus with Schaeffer’s Specialized Lubricants, center, talks Friday with a potential customer as part of the vendor fair at the eighth annual Northeast Missouri/West-Central Illinois Soil ...

How farmers manage their soils is a stronger predictor of soil health than whether the land is organically- or conventionally-farmed, a new study finds. The recent Science paper showed that reduced ...

More and more successful regenerative farming programs are integrating livestock back on the land to improve soil health. For farmers in a corn, soybean rotation they may not think they can add ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 30, 2025) A literature review published in Ecosystem Services by researchers at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and Rodale Institute European Regenerative Organic Center ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 1, 2024) In a study published earlier this year in Soil Science Society of America Journal, researchers at Kansas State University document direct evidence that organic ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...

Keeping your plants happy and healthy starts with giving them the right environment to grow in. This substrate can help your ...

When considering if soil conservation is worth the cost, think about what your time and soil is really worth. An economist shares research on what soil practices pay off.