Conservation agriculture has been promoted across sub-Saharan Africa as a way to rebuild degraded soils, boost yields, and ...
Lead can be found naturally at low levels in soil. However, most lead that people come into contact with comes from human activities, such as the historical use of leaded gasoline, release of lead ...
To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...
Tax incentives for preserving land are gaining support on the state and in the farm bill despite IRS scrutiny. Conservation easements allow landowners to preserve their property — often ranch or ...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is another entity keeping farmers in business. The federal agency helps farmers protect soil and water. It has been around since the dust bowl in the 1930s.
Composting diverts organic materials such as food scraps, yard trimmings, wood, and manure that would otherwise be disposed of in landfills or trash incinerators and recycles them into compost, a ...
In the expansive savannah of Taita Taveta in southern Kenya, the LUMO Community Wildlife Conservancy Sanctuary embodies the flourishing coexistence between people, wildlife and the land. At dawn, ...
Most of us weren’t around to see the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. But a mixture of drought and poor farming practices saw the topsoil of a half dozen states stripped away. Picture the dusty and desolate ...
As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the ...
On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...
Mariah Squire is a Digital News Senior Editor for Successful Farming and Agriculture.com. Before joining Successful Farming full-time in 2024, she was a contributor covering the weekly USDA Crop ...
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