There is a saying ‘buy the best as you can afford as it will pay you in the long run.’ Cheap trowels, pruners and spades ...

Sure, all soil might look pretty similar, but there are some important differences. We'll explain how topsoil differs from ...

CAPUTA, S.D.— Understanding your soil type is a vital tool to developing your farming and ranching practices. “Those properties of the soils dictate how we are going to basically utilize those soils ...

Learn how to improve your garden soil for new plants, whether you have clay or sandy soil, are using raised beds or other ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

If you're preparing to do some gardening or lawn care, you might see a variety of soil bags at your local garden center.

For small-seeded crops, no-till systems are generally not realistic. These crops require a uniform seedbed for consistent ...

After winning its regional competition, a team of University of Delaware students recently placed eighth in a national soil judging competition in Iowa. These undergraduate students spent hours ...

Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong. New evidence suggests that microbes in different soils use different biochemical pathways to process nutrients, respire, and grow. The ...