Lab tour shows how color variations in Midwest soils signal a need for customized nutrient management and seeding strategies.

Five major soil insects can be found in corn fields: seed corn maggot, white grubs, wireworms, cutworms and rootworms. Corn rootworm populations have increased in continuous corn production areas of ...

Here’s a quick look at how several common cover crops compare across several key factors: Nitrogen provided: Effective fixer, ...

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Prairie strips can improve measures of soil health faster than expected, according to new research by Iowa State University ...

Soils do more than store carbon from plant residues. Beneath our feet, vast communities of microbes quietly pull carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into organic matter, helping regulate ...

Experts across the University of California San Diego have come together to launch a new center for soil health research, ...

Petri dish bioassays, based on root response of corn grown in soil and perlite, were used to study the activity, adsorption, and leaching of pyrithiobac in a clay, loam, and a clay loam soils ...

US soil reveals uneven decomposition rates: new analysis shows carbon is released up to ten times faster in some areas.