Soil health research in Clovis, New Mexico
NMSU addresses questions faced by soil health practitioners in arid and semi-arid lands.
Can on-farm Windbreaks boost Soil Health and Biodiversity?
Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) funded project investigates the impact of windbreaks on farms and rangelands.
Hope Below Our Feet
Peer-Reviewed Publications on Grazing as a Means of Improving Rangeland Ecology, Building Soil Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming (2008 – 2023)
Field Day on Field Trial Data Collection: Succession Plantings and Johnson-Su Inoculations
Join us on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Synergia Ranch in Cerrillos to to learn how to gather data and assess small-scale farm field trial results.
Field Day on Succession Plantings, Microbial Inoculations, and Simple Field Trial Designs
Join us on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at Synergia Ranch in Cerrillos to learn about succession plantings, microbial inoculation, and simple field trial designs!
Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health
New study reviews pesticide impacts on soil, finds harm to soil invertebrates in 71% of cases. Herbicides and fungicides are especially detrimental to earthworms, nematodes and springtails.
Diversified agriculture benefits ecosystems and maintains yields
Diversification has benefits for agricultural production and ecosystem services both above and below ground, but diversification of soil organisms is seldom recognized.
Cattle are part of the climate solution
A conversation with rangeland ecologist Richard Teague, PhD, analyzing the role that adaptive multi-paddock cattle grazing plays in sequestering carbon.
New Mexico could gain economically by building soil health and feeding its own people.
Report prompts policy recommendations by the Healthy Soil Working Group.
Four decades of no-till study proves nature knows best
At Rogers Memorial Farm, NE, the benefits of long-term no-till practices are manifold. No-till plots have been shown to build soil structure, usually have the highest yields and are the most profitable.