Soil tests yield vital information about the pH balance of your soil, the physical composition of it, and the nutrient base.

Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faced off in New York City Tuesday night for the 2024 vice presidential debate ...

The compost facility at the Muscatine Transfer Station is offering screened compost and wood mulch for free. Loading of ...

By now, you’ve harvested all, or at least most, of the vegetables in your garden. At this point the soil is naked, and that’s ...

Read the full transcript of the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News between Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz.

Myno Carbon says with a robust market pull, US biochar production has potential to remove over a billion metric tonnes of ...

If you’re planning a new garden, you should start with good soil. After all, soil is the medium of life for plants, providing a place for roots to spread out and take up water and nutrients.

2005). With the exception of C, H, and O, which plants obtain from air and water, plants derive the remaining 14 elements from the soil or through fertilizers, manures, and amendments (Parikh ...

and even the stability of soil aggregates. At low pH, essential plant macronutrients (i.e., N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S) are less bioavailable than at higher pH values near 7, and certain ...

Tipton now plants them instead of letting his fields lie fallow after the harvest. Tipton lets some soil come apart in his hands. Inside is a pink earthworm. “It's a sign of life,” he says.

As a result, enhancing soil-related resistance has emerged as a crucial, environmentally friendly disease management strategy, reducing the need for chemical interventions. But what factors ...

Researchers from Kansas State University (K-State) are exploring how different farming practices can affect the amount of carbon that gets stored in soil. Using the Canadian Light Source (CLS ...