Every county in Ohio has one of these organizations. They were created out of the 1941 Ohio Soil Conservation District ...

Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...

Producers spot healthy soil through diverse ground cover, beneficial insects, earthworms and lab tests measuring microbial ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Over 45 billion tons of soil are lost to erosion every year. Farmers and agricultural authorities in several countries have succeeded in slowing down erosion with the help of nuclear techniques. Here ...

A 90th anniversary celebration of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on April 24 highlighted the agency's evolution and commitment to conservation. The celebration included remarks by USDA ...

Soil erosion in agriculture is the loss of fertile topsoil by wind, water, or tillage, significantly reducing crop yields, ...

Seven acres of Larry Mondragon’s 9-acre pasture were cleared of Russian olives over the course of just a few days earlier in ...