WASHINGTON, October 11, 2012- USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will launch “Unlock the Secrets in the Soil,” a national education and awareness campaign, at the David Brandt Farm ...

Return on investment is a key factor in most financial decisions and a big selling point for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIGs). These partnership projects have checked the box on that risk versus ...

An opinion piece published recently on AgriPulse (“2018 Farm Bill – Soil Health”) outlined the importance of the growing interest in improving the health of the nation’s agricultural soils. I want to ...

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

LEWISTON, Minn. - The Land Stewardship Project is bringing some of the nation’s leading names in soil health and cover cropping to southeastern Minnesota during a pair of February meetings. These ...

A panel of farmers discussed their experiences with cover crops and soil health at HPJ Live in Wichita, Kansas, this past ...

When most people think about soil and farming the first image that comes to mind is that of a farmer plowing his or her field. That rural image has become emblematic of agricultural cultivation and ...

ROCHESTER — The Olmsted Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a pair of free events for farmers in January and February 2024 in partnership with soil and water conservation districts in ...

Meet the Prevo brothers, fifth-generation farmers managing their family’s century farm in Iowa. These soybean farmers are bucking the trend in conventional farming to invest in soil health— and ...

As water continues to be a scarce resource and concerns about food security grow, agricultural producers need to make sure they are maintaining healthy soil in order to maximize production of quality ...