Soil Health

Square bales of alfalfa hay for cattle are lying on the field. (Adobe Stock │ #369798473 - malshak_off)
Crops, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture, Soil Health

Forage feeding and soil fertility

Feeding hay and applying fertilizer may seem unrelated, but nutrient cycling connects the two. Winter hay feeding can have lasting effects on pasture fertility. Read More

Woman checking soil health before growth a seed of vegetable or plant seedling. (Adobe Stock │ #572997453 - maxbelchenko)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors, Soil Health

Do I need to test my garden’s soil?

In Hill County Texas, John and Natasha Sawyer have embraced a new era of farming. (Adele Swearingen - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Soil Health

Sawyer Farms: A legacy of conservation and a future of sustainability



Black and White portrait of a farmer plowing a field using a team of horses. Circa 1890. (iStock │ #1457422276 - bauhaus1000)

Feb. 27 program looks at history of Ozarks soil

Cows (File photo by Linda Geist- University of Missouri Extension)

Why rotational grazing isn’t working

Corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #373307379 - Steve)

Ag groups cheer biofuel tax changes

Looking down a corn row in a no-till planted field. (Adobe Stock │ #114167847- Margaret Burlingham)

Colorado-till conference Feb. 3 to 4

Watermelon seedlings are seen in trays with pure food waste substrate, pure commercial peat moss-based potting mix, and blends of the two with varying ratios in a study to compare seedling germination, growth and nutrient uptake. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

Study finds food waste compost less effective than potting mix alone

  • By Maddie Johnson │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Aerial view of a tank truck spreading manure on a recently harvested corn field. (iStock │ #181878441 - BanksPhotos)

Dry manure applicator certification workshops offered in February 2026

  • By Daniel Andersen, Rachel Kennedy, Melissa McEnany │ ISU Extension and Outreach
Dirt rows: Public Domains Pictures.

USDA’s $700 million regenerative ag announcement draws range of reactions

Rollins unveils new priorities for USDA in 2026