Modern farming habits boosting yields today may quietly strip soils of their resilience, threatening long-term fertility and food security.

Using a resilience theory approach could help reveal practical solutions and clarify their potential trade-offs. New research warns that modern agricultural methods are placing the global food supply ...

Crop diversity, no-till, cover crops, acre-by-acre management and grazing fields in the fall and winter can help increase ...

Climate change is no longer an abstraction. I can literally see it at my front door. My figs ripened in October 2024, which has never happened before as it was never warm enough during that month. In ...

In the upper Abbay basin, cradle of the Blue Nile, a team of researchers have predicted soils of the future: what will happen to soil organic carbon if we bet on regenerative agriculture—returning ...

Regenerative farming is a method that mimics natural ecosystems by using diverse plants and animals to rebuild soil health — ...

Healthy soil yields better farming, ranching and land management.That's the goal of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soil Program, which has chosen 51 projects to receive $1.1 ...

Black soil covering white snow in ditches during the winter and clouds of dirt swirling across fields, farms and roads are stark evidence that erosion is a major threat to soil health. Despite a “Wake ...

Planting a diverse blend of crops and cover crops, and not tilling, helps promote soil health. Catherine Ulitsky, USDA/Flickr One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming ...

Soil scientist Ray Archuleta, founder of Understanding Ag and the Soil Health Academy, will address the Spokane Conservation District's Farm and Food Symposium in November. Agriculture could be the ...