Most soil laboratories include pH testing in a fertility test. While I find do-it-yourself soil fertility test kits available in stores to be wildly inaccurate, such kits are relatively accurate ...

Ms Eseri Nankya, a soil scientist at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) at Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research Development Institute (MUZARDI) has told Seeds of Gold in a recent ...

Biochar aids soil fertility, keeps carbon in earth. Charcoal holds promise as a way to keep soil rich and carbon out of the atmosphere. By Kimberly Gomes June 17, 2012. Biochar Illustration.

Excessive and untimely tillage can also contribute to soil erosion. According to Oxfarm, dealer in farm inputs, whether organic or synthetic, mulches, can help reduce insect pest problems. Thank you ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

Saving our soil: How to extend US breadbasket fertility for centuries Date: May 25, 2023 Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary: The Midwestern United States has lost 57.6 billion ...

Financial Support for Soil Health. USDA is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding pool.

Once you balance fertility and pH in the soil profile, and adjust to making small, more frequent lime applications, you probably won’t need to mix fertilizer into the soil, says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...

Arnall said that starts with managing soil health to ensure property fertility. The classic KISS acronym to “keep it simple, stupid” rule applies, he quipped.