Through field events, workshops and conferences, attendees can learn about soil health principles and practices that reduce ...

With a synchronized tap from run-of-the-mill hammers on metal plates resting on the ground, researchers kneeling in nine fields across four continents believe they’ve hit upon more than just the earth ...

The Minnesota Soil Health Coalition has a mentor network ready to advise producers in trying some new practices on the farm. Mark Gutierrez, executive director of the Minnesota Soil Health Coalition, ...

The 2021 peer-reviewed study Pesticides and Soil Invertebrates: A Hazard Assessment shows that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms needed for healthy soil, ...

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — On the prairie bluffs south of the Minnesota River near this southwestern Minnesota farm town, Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz grow crops and livestock — and soil. Rather than ...

Healthy soil is the key to vibrant plant growth, and understanding its science can help gardeners create a thriving, self-sustaining ecosystem naturally. A thriving garden starts with healthy soil.

Yet, soil health has been declining over the years, with more than one-third of the world’s agricultural land now described by scientists as “degraded”. Furthermore, the world’s soils have lost 133 ...