This past week, water infiltration and runoff were topics in the Soil Health Minute segment on AgWeekTV. These terms are used often when talking about soil health because managing water (increasing ...

Soil infiltration rates quantify the ability of fields to move water into and through the soil profiles. The measurements identify how fast water enters the soil and usually are recorded in inches per ...

Farmers could bolster production and farm resilience by focusing on soil health, rather than blaming the weather, soil type and location for waterlogging and drought. So says independent farm adviser ...

Interest is growing around testing the ability of soil to harbour life above and below the sward, and its resilience to cope with weather extremes. Some tests require laboratory analysis, while some ...

Now that we have experienced the first frost of the season, and the growing season for most garden and home landscape plants has come to an end, we as gardeners tend to start thinking about things we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil testing is the simple secret that keeps gardens blooming and lawns looking lush. To know the soil is to know the life it ...

However, there are some easy solutions to this problem, which include amending heavy clay soils with organic matter and ...