This past week, water infiltration and runoff were topics in the Soil Health Minute segment on AgWeekTV. These terms are used often when talking about soil health because managing water (increasing ...

Long ago, when my cell phone was the size of a shoe box, hydrogeologists labored to get water out of the ground. Nowadays, we try to get water back into the ground. Recent regulatory and design trends ...

Excavated soil from construction sites usually ends up in landfills, but it has great potential. Researchers at the Technical ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Interest is growing around testing the ability of soil to harbour life above and below the sward, and its resilience to cope with weather extremes. Some tests require laboratory analysis, while some ...

Farmers could bolster production and farm resilience by focusing on soil health, rather than blaming the weather, soil type and location for waterlogging and drought. So says independent farm adviser ...

The UD Soil Testing Program provides a variety of soil testing and educational support to farmers, homeowners and others engaged in soil management and land use. The program is offered as a public ...

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