Industrial agriculture is profitable, but recent trends show that profit may only last in the short run if soil health isn’t prioritized. Farmers in the central US in the 1930s learned the hard way.

E15 gets a boost in Congress. How to prevent the loss of top soil. Money to improve conservation practices on pastures.

Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...

Contour planting involves tilling, discing, and otherwise preparing the land in line with its natural slope, then planting crops on this same line. When you look at a topographic map, the rows and/or ...

Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have a profound impact on local ecosystems. But there is another problem that ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the Palouse at that ...

Across large parts of northern Tanzania, gully erosion – soil erosion caused by flowing water – is cutting deep scars through fertile farmland, grazing areas, roads and even villages. These gullies ...