High-sodium bentonite achieves 30 mL swell index, surpassing NRCS Conservation Practice minimum requirement of 22 mL ...

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 ...

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has opened the first round of staff positions to implement $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding. The first set of entry-level soil ...

Soil health: it's the latest buzzword steamrolling its way through agriculture. While soil scientist Anthony Bly understands attraction to new fads, he hopes interest in soil health doesn't fall by ...

WASHINGTON, May 26-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on May 25, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $8 ...

"Soil Health: How to…" is a video series from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and farmers.gov that features producers overcoming big obstacles in the Southwest through better soil health ...

Ray Archuleta says history is repeating itself across much of the nation. High wheat prices encouraged farmers to till more and more land, but when the drought came in the 1930s, the soil blew because ...

The Vanishing Foundation of American Agriculture 6 billion tons of topsoil since farming began roughly a century and a half ago. Let's be real, that number is almost incomprehensible until you realize ...