Buffer zones create boundaries between regions, enhancing water quality, preventing soil erosion, and supporting biodiversity ...

Western Massachusetts farmers are used to facing and overcoming challenges — from late frosts and damaging storms to droughts ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

First, look at how well water moves up and down the soil profile, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist ... management tools — defense against erosion and defense against water quality problems ...

Residents fear up to 50 lorries per day will pass by their homes to bring soil to agricultural land damaged by erosion ...

CUBA CITY — Wilson Organic Farms in Lafayette County has been operating since 1848. Today, the farm is managed by a group of Wilson family members, including Chris Wilson, a Lafayette Ag Stewardship ...

When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil conservationist.

Nitrate runoff from farms pollutes streams and lakes ... winter and spring increases soil erosion and boosts the growth of oxygen-loving microbes that consume soil-organic matter, releasing ...

Our soil health program is an important component of Olmsted County’s commitment to environmental sustainability.' ...

The Olmsted Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has opened enrollment for the third year of its Groundwater Protection and Soil Health Program.