Soil Health
Soil moistures supplies in North Dakota appear to be in decent shape as spring planting season nears.
As you wrap up harvest this year, the work isn’t quite over. With the end of one season, you beckon in a new one with the way you treat the soil and prepare it for spring planting just a few short months away.
Two farmers embrace conservation practices to build soil health, reduce GHG emissions and leave a lasting legacy. They’re discovering the potential of ag lands as some of Earth’s largest natural reservoirs of carbon.
Gone. A glaring story of soil loss, set against an alarming background of buffalo bones and the Dust Bowl, is a signpost account of cost and consequence, with relevance for the entire farming industry.
Farmers across the United States are successfully implementing edge of field practices to better manage water and reduce nutrient and sediment loss from their fields.
Beck’s designed a tractor tire pressure study on corn and soybeans to determine if changing tire pressure on the go and increasing the PSI footprint can improve crop health.
A dust storm rippled through the Midwest late last week, followed by rain in some parts and continued heat in others. This weather event highlights soil safeguarding needs, according to Conservation Agronomist Roberts.
“This flawed system isn’t due to rains or weather. Unless we have remedial practices and advocate for cover crops, buffer strips and diversity, we can’t solve the problem,” says Former USDA Soil Scientist Thicke.
The invasive, jumping worm makes its way through 14 states in the Midwest, disturbing native soil and plant species and causing an infestation with only one worm.