Jimmy Emmons has made a lifetime commitment to conservation and giving back to other farmers and ranchers, Tom Lucas writes.

Soil health: it's the latest buzzword steamrolling its way through agriculture. While soil scientist Anthony Bly understands attraction to new fads, he hopes interest in soil health doesn't fall by ...

Nick Sirovatka with NRCS in Oregon tells growers what to look for and how to assess their soil health during the Magic Valley Soil Health Workshop in Kimberly, Idaho, on June 29. KIMBERLY, Idaho — ...

Delayed NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program payments due to the federal government shutdown have impacted the way farmers ...

Return on investment is a key factor in most financial decisions and a big selling point for Conservation Innovation Grants (CIGs). These partnership projects have checked the box on that risk versus ...

Management practices in regenerative ag focus on minimal soil disturbance, integration of cover crops and increasing ...

Farmers who employ soil health management practices such as cover crops and no-till can significantly improve their bottom lines, a new study concludes. The Soil Health Institute, Natural Resources ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

As water continues to be a scarce resource and concerns about food security grow, agricultural producers need to make sure they are maintaining healthy soil in order to maximize production of quality ...

Meet the Prevo brothers, fifth-generation farmers managing their family’s century farm in Iowa. These soybean farmers are bucking the trend in conventional farming to invest in soil health— and ...

Iowa Learning Farms will host a no-till and soil health field day on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Badger ...

PIERRE, S.D. — When David Neuharth started his 3Y3 Ranch in the 1980s near Hayes, S.D., he noticed a trend among area producers. “Everything in this country and in Stanley County around in the area ...