Erosion (sheet, rill or gully) and soil surface sealing are visual examples that indicate poor soil health.

No-till practices are used on less than .05% of Minnesota farm fields, but those who have bought in to the practice are finding success.

Do you ever wonder how much moisture you really can store for your crop? It all depends on your soil, says Penn State Extension.

Jack Estes of Estes Brothers Farms talks about the family's experience with long-term no-till, including the benefits of improved soil structure, timesaving and higher organic matter levels, as well as how cover crops are further helping in areas that typically wash. He also explains how zone sampling showed the pH variability in their fields from previous tobacco crops, and why he's now premixing his AMS before spraying.

To really understand subtle changes in our planet — like moisture held in the topmost earth layer — and their impacts on agriculture and the environment, scientists have to know what is going on in our soils.

Wheat growers who grow both pea and wheat in their fields are likely to lessen the economic risks of farming while maintaining the same level of profits as those who grow only wheat or leave a field fallow, according to a group of Montana State University scientists.

Concerns about serious compaction caused by the use of heavy farm machinery weighed on the mind of James Andrews when he put together the accompanying page for Farmers Weekly magazine in the United Kingdom.