SEMO agriculture professor Michael Aide’s latest research explains how pH, structure and erosion define soil health and why ...

URBANA, Ill. – Ask a farmer, a scientist, and a conservation professional to define soil health, and you might come up with three rather different answers. That mismatch may be at the root of ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Soil health is a key driver of agricultural productivity and environmental resilience. In the early 1990s, soil health was defined as “the capacity of soil to function as a vital living system, within ...

In Colorado, 80% of plant problems are due to poor soils and poor tilth (the ability of soil to grow plants). Thankfully, mixing a good soil amendment into the ground can significantly increase the ...

Soil health is hot. Never has there been so much interest in the general culture about soil health and how it affects food. But better soil health practices are not being adopted fast enough, and the ...