The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, March 11th continues showing a deterioration in conditions. Stafford County and ...

The lack of sufficient organic material is no laughing matter when it comes to your soil’s tilth and fertility. The organic faction in your soil is the next all-important issue after soil texture and ...

By not tilling the soil and disrupting the world of the soil microbiome, organisms are able to do their job of capturing ...

Soil is an ecosystem with a variety of living organisms most of which are not visible to our naked eye. These organisms consist of: arthropods, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and protozoa. Earthworms ...

This type of succession is often called primary succession, as the soil, as well as all characteristic organisms, needs to re-establish. Large, low intensity disturbances, such as plowing in ...

WASHINGTON— A new study published today by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms that are ...

Farmers are always looking for smarter ways to boost crop health, and one of the industry’s latest game-changers is polymer-coated, controlled-release fertilizers (PC-CRFs). These high-tech soil ...

The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, ...

Episode 3In this episode hear:soil scientist Dr Susan Orgil explain the science of soil healthhow the microbial and chemical ...

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