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.
NMSU study finds cover crops can improve soil health
Integrating cover crops, such as legumes and grasses, into existing cropping systems can increase the biological health of soils on hot and dry semiarid lands.
Use the LandPKS app to learn about your soil
LandPKS is a free app, developed right here in New Mexico at the Jornada Experimental Range and NMSU, with an international team of researchers and students. Download the app on Android and iPhones and use LandPKS to better understand the … Continued
The State of Regenerative Agriculture
By The Regenerative Agriculture Initiative team at Center for Business and the Environment: Regenerative agriculture is a holistic system of practices and principles that seek to improve, not degrade natural resources…
Supporting the Soil Carbon Sponge
Microbiologist, climate scientist and founder of Healthy Soils Australia Walter Jehne discusses climate and soil health. Interviewed by Tracy Frisch, Acres U.S.A., first published on Eco-Farming Daily, re-posted here un-cut and with permission. WALTER JEHNE is an internationally known Australian … Continued