"The Midwest is losing soil, for most of these sites, about 100 times faster than it's forming," Isaac Larsen, a geoscience professor at the University of Massachusetts and a study co-author, told ...

Two of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s largest agricultural conservation programs –which paid out $7.4 billion combined from 2017 to 2020 – used less than 12% of that on “climate ...

Saving the Soil The rolling terrain of Kaderly’s Juda, Wisconsin, farm is home to 4% to 8% slopes. Ten acres of waterways help him navigate the landscape where he grows corn, soybeans and wheat ...

Excess fertilizer application and loose soil are significant contributors to nutrient pollution. State programs are actively educating farmers on farming strategies that reduce fertilizer use and ...

There is much to be harvested from trees and shrubs, like nuts or berries, and there are many soil health and ecosystem benefits of having them on the farm. “Agroforestry is basically offering kind of ...

Midwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is ...

Midwest soil is eroding faster than ever. Modern farming could be to blame. JOHN MCCRACKEN GRIST Dec 27, 2022 Dec 27, 2022Updated Feb 1, 2024 0 ...