Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...
David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...
Current protected areas only poorly cover the places most relevant for conserving soil ecological values. To assess global hotspots for preserving soil ecological values, an international team of ...
Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...
Peter C. de Ruiter is at Biometris, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands, and at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam ...
After repeated heavy rain and flooding over the past two years, the Mower Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is encouraging farmers and agricultural landowners dealing with erosion to explore ...
The Indiana Conservation Partnership (ICP) announced its 2025 conservation accomplishments. The ICP works with Hoosier landowners to provide technical or financial assistance for the ...
Bruce Copeland, an attorney and farmer who works land north of Carthage on Civil War Road, said he has used Soil and Water Conservation District programs to replant his fields with warm-season ...
Missouri funds state parks and conservation with a 0.1% sales tax. Voters will be asked to reauthorize it in August.
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Inside RICA's role in advancing Rwanda's farming through conservation agriculture
For generations, many farmers have believed that a well-prepared field is one that is deeply tilled, weed-free and cleared of all crop residues after harvest. But beneath this familiar practice lies a ...
Missouri soil program invests $45M to curb erosion, prevent 924,000 tons of soil loss in 2026, supporting 5,736 farm ...
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