Soil & Water Management

Producers and crop advisers in the Intermountain West rely on diverse sources of information about soil health management, from YouTube videos to demo day events. Photo courtesy of Tony Richards.

Soil health management practices in the diverse Intermountain West

February 28, 2025

Source: Flickr/Matthew Traucht. Published under this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/.

Forage crop irrigation with wastewater: Understanding the exposure risk

January 27, 2025

Biosolids applied to agricultural land must meet certain regulations and requirements. Photo by SuSanA Secretariat iva Wikimedia Commons and reprinted here under this license.

Blending biosolids with mulch to reduce PFAS contamination

January 22, 2025

Biosolids

Biosolids in the dryland Pacific Northwest seven years after application

December 13, 2024

A tractor pulling a sensor that measures apparent electrical conductivity (ECa). Photo courtesy of Rintaro Kinoshita and originally published here: https://bit.ly/3BwSIPO

Using Soil Sensors to Assess Soil Salinity

December 12, 2024

Dr. Sanandam Bordoloi

Combatting Drought With Water-Absorbent Polymers

August 20, 2024

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Bob.

Precision Irrigation Technologies for Water-Wise and Climate Resilient Alfalfa Production

July 8, 2024

Alfalfa in rotation with annual crops aggressively scavenges nitro- gen in the soil and can significantly reduce nitrate contamination of groundwater. Photo courtesy of UNL CropWatch.

Benefits of Including Alfalfa in Rotations With Annual Crops

March 1, 2024

The low-elevation precision application (LEPA) sprinklers on the right were compared with mobile drip irrigation (MDI) on the left during a silage corn trial near Elberta, UT. Photo by Matt Yost.

Evaluating Overhead Irrigation Sprinkler Packages in Utah

January 7, 2024

Backdrop image courtesy of USDA-NRCS Oregon. Microbe illustrations courtesy of Adobe Stock/Julia.

Cover Crops Support Microbial Diversity: Three Case Studies

January 1, 2024