"If we're going to hold on to farmland, we need a significant change in how we farm and what we farm." Experimental farm uses ...

There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

Surprisingly, it applies to both conventional and organic farming. The less intensively ... Tübingen (Germany). 'Soil also has indispensable roles in water storage, coping with climate change ...

Freezing of funds, revamping of programs and cuts to staffing that have come with the new Trump administration transition continue to bring questions in the farm ... For soil and water ...

Conservation agriculture aims to make better use of agricultural resources through the integrated management of available soil, water ... or semi-permanent organic cover (FAO 2002).

Under a change in state law this year, however, only those with current or at least a decade of past farming-related experience are allowed a seat on local soil and water conservation districts.

chairman of the Deming Soil and Water Conservation Board. The New Mexico Department of Agriculture states that these districts help conserve and develop natural resources, provide for flood ...

Over 70 per cent of rural households earn their livelihood from agriculture ... of material (Organic & Non-organic) to the surface of soil. Effective mulching leads to the conservation of soil ...