Stop questioning if soil health pays. Instead, ask yourself how to measure the dollars and cents of your investments in soil health. I frequently hear farmers say, “There’s no way to know if cover ...

The farmer and rancher adage “if you take care of machinery, the machinery will take care of you” also applies to soil health. Cassidy Million, the director of ag science at Heliae Agriculture, ...

“Regenerative agriculture” is a concept for sustainable farming that has been around for decades, but that terminology been gaining traction particularly in the last 5 years. While there are many ...

It’s that time of year… after months of looking at 66 tons of black, ripe compost and 22 tons of powdery, white gypsum that was delivered to the farm in September, it’s time to spread it on the fields ...

A lush crop of well-fertilized corn. Photo courtesy of DCR. U.S. Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia, Mike Lawler of New York and Chellie Pingree of Maine yesterday introduced the Innovative Practices for ...

Building soil health is the leading strategy for controlling erosion. Healthy soil is rich with biodiversity and organic matter—the better to glue and anchor clumps of earth. Practices like cover ...

The project is part of General Mills efforts to support farmers and to improve soil health in areas where it sources product ingredients. From left, Bruce Mayland and Dan Vagle, Drayton factory ...

A reunion of sorts brought believers and curious food producers to Salina, Kansas in mid-January, to share and learn about regenerative agriculture. Parking lots packed with pickup trucks as farmers, ...

With high input costs and low commodity prices, many farmers are looking for ways to reduce their costs, even more than normal. Could conservation practices be an answer for your farm? Anthony Bly, ...