Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function. Such as not plowing as often or using more grass-clover mixtures as cover crops. Surprisingly, it applies to both ...

A new study from South Dakota State University reveals reductions in tillage intensity have led to an increase in soil ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Many of us enjoy the outdoors, gardening or even tending to a small farm. But today, we feel the heat — literally — of climate change. It’s a global problem, and we often wonder how we can make a ...

It can be organic (pine straw, bark, wood chips, leaves) or inorganic (black plastic, landscape fabric, synthetic pine straw, gravel). Its purpose is to cover the soil, look nice, help control ...

Soil fertility can be further improved by incorporating cover crops that add organic matter to the soil, which leads to improved soil structure and promotes a healthy, fertile soil; by using green ...

The topsoil organic carbon pool is at high risk in 43 to 83 million hectares of EU and UK agricultural land, primarily in ...

Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi, decaying material from once-living organisms such as plant and animal tissues, fecal material, and products formed ...

Amidst the growing challenges of global climate change, gaining a deeper understanding of soil carbon sequestration ...