Sustainability

Photo from Nittany 1 Solar Farm courtesy of Lightsource bp.

Sheep grazing impacts on soil health and pasture quality at Northeast solar sites

September 18, 2025

Photo by Emily Tolley.

Reducing greenhouse emissions in Pacific Northwest potato systems

July 15, 2025

Sam Dixon, dairy farm manager at Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, VT, applies biochar to an earthen manure pit. Photo courtesy of Shelburne Farms.

Does applying biochar suppress emissions from manure applications?

December 30, 2024

Regenerative Practices Show Promise in Dryland Cotton Systems

Regenerative Practices Show Promise in Dryland Cotton Systems

August 28, 2024

A farmer in a tractor/planter equipped with a planter monitor, a precision agriculture tool, to guide seed planting. Photo by Lance Cheung, USDA.

Building Trust in AI Farming Tools

July 24, 2024

Manure, Environmental Impact, and Soil Health: Technologies, Application, and Benefits

Manure, Environmental Impact, and Soil Health: Technologies, Application, and Benefits

January 1, 2024

Perejiti Bekewe demonstrates a LI-COR unit to Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator Katelyn Miller and SWCD employee Brian Hall at the Cornell Field Crop Annual Field Day on the research farm in Aurora, NY.

Measuring Greenhouse Gases in Dairy Soils: Innovative Technologies to Advance In-the-Field Research

November 13, 2023

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Supporting Management Decisions in Forage Production with Soil Health Measurements and Assessment

September 22, 2023

Team conducting training on the SATURO instrument used for measuring water infiltration and permeability, one of the Soil Health Institute’s Tier 1 soil health indicators.

The Race to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in U.S. Dairy Through Improved Soil Health

July 17, 2023

According to Terry Buettner, an agronomy support manager with Ward Laboratories Inc., the number one thing needed to achieve sus- tainable and regenerative practices on rented land is landlord educa- tion. The landlord has to have a stake in the process and be willing to participate. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/Валерий Зотьев.

Implementing Regenerative Practices on the Farm: It’s Complicated for Renters

March 2, 2023

Walking the Line: Real-World Ethics in Agronomy and Soil Science

Early Career Award Opportunities in Agronomy, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences