First, look at how well water moves up and down the soil profile, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist ... management tools — defense against erosion and defense against water quality problems ...

Farmers are at the forefront of regenerative practices because they see firsthand what it takes to grow and sustain life.

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

Not all farmlands are created equal — some are flat, some are on a moderate slope and some are hilly. On hilly agricultural ...

Farmers can use informal and formal methods to measure soil health. “An informal way is to look at your fields after a ...

The Region of Waterloo must prevent the soil from leaving the farm it bought on Bleams Road last year. Sediment from the site ...

Soil health hinges more on how agricultural land is managed than whether the farming system is organic or conventional, according to a new study showing that farms with more intensive management ...

By maintaining our Palm Beach County farm as level ground, we prevent soil erosion. We flood it during the summer months with collected rainwater and nearby surface water to control harmful ...

Nitrate runoff from farms pollutes streams and lakes ... winter and spring increases soil erosion and boosts the growth of ...

Soil scientists have repeatedly shown that cover crops reduce erosion, but an analysis by a team led by Wenjuan ... That’s a significant effect that would be even more pronounced on hilly farms and on ...