Soil & Water Management

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Managing Soil Acidity, Not Soil Balancing, Affects Yield

July 3, 2023

Photo courtesy of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District.

Better Accounting Needed to Solve Looming Groundwater Crisis

January 20, 2023

Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program with aerial support by LightHawk.

Blue Waters, Green Fields

January 19, 2023

A combine passes through the field with groundwater wells in the foreground. USDA-ARS photo by Newell Kitchen.

Water Well Basics

January 16, 2023

Photo courtesy of GKSFlorapics/Alamy Stock Photo.

How Do Apple Tree Rootstocks and Cultivars Affect Soil Health in Southern Minnesota Orchards?

January 11, 2023

A Michigan grower and his grandson standing in a field of mixed cover crop species, which provide numerous benefits, including the ability to have an advantage when bidding for rented land.

Assessing on-farm economics of soil health

May 27, 2021

Applying potassium to a field. Source: Design Pics Inc./Alamy Stock Photo.

The potassium paradox

May 27, 2021

Photo by Shannon Cappellazzi.

Assessing soil health: Measuring the soil microbiome

March 3, 2021

Soil sample collection from a production field in southern Idaho. Source: Rogers et al., 2018 (https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.01.0054).

Assessing soil health: Soil nitrogen cycling

December 29, 2020

Figure 1, Image of an earthworm cocoon collected from an agricultural field near Moscow, ID.

Earthworms and their importance to agricultural soils in the inland Pacific Northwest

December 29, 2020

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