The less intensively you manage the soil, the better the soil can function; for example, not plowing as often or using more ...

Stone State Park sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, creating this amazing contrast. The park covers over 1,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in Iowa. Rolling hills covered in prairie ...

Farmers apply nitrogen fertilizers to crops to boost yields, feeding more people and livestock. But when there's more ...

Related tillage modes based on the total amount of straw returned. Soil bulk density (BD), soil C components, soil organic carbon (SOC) storage, enzyme activities, soil quality index (SQI), EMF, and ...

An R package that assists with the setup and operation of a collection of soil data summary, comparison, and evaluation reports. These reports are primarily used by USDA-NRCS soil scientists in both ...

In this case, it can measure up to a depth of 3 meters. Photo by Michel Velderman. How can technology help map the soil (better), and what role can soil scans and scanners play in this? The equipment ...