Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...

The USDA-NRCS has created the Web Soil Survey (WSS) as a clearance house for soil survey data from the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO). Currently, there are data available for almost all ...

It is more common for Ohio to experience soil erosion via concentrated surface water leaving fields. The energy of raindrops ...

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) student Allyson McQuiston planted seeds for a bright future in soil conservation two years ago and will soon be rewarded with a bountiful ...

The Nebraska Soil Health School will be held on Sept. 4 at Fort Robinson State Park, located at Soldier Creek Road and U.S. Highway 20. Hosted by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and ...

Talk about a strange harvest. Earlier this year, six Eastern Oregon farmers and ranchers agreed to bury pairs of cotton underwear in their fields and dig them back up later in the season as part of ...

USDA wants farmers to focus on soil health and producing more nutritious food. To that end, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins, along with Robert “F” Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, and Doctor Mehmet Oz, ...

Ron Rosmann’s 700-acre certified organic grain and livestock farm in Shelby County, Iowa is an island in a sea of very large conventional soy or corn operations. Farmers in the area don’t typically ...

Terry Cosby, chief of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, looks on as Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux answers a question at a House Agriculture subcommittee hearing. The ...

On April 14, 1935, one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl rolled over the landscape. Black Sunday covered an area about 800 miles long and about 300-500 miles wide, including Hugoton, Kansas, shown ...