Myanmar Groundwater Study Reveals Calcite Saturation Risks for Irrigation Infrastructure
A recent hydrogeochemical assessment published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health provides new insights into the quality of groundwater used for ...
Tag: soil health
MDPI to Host Soil Health Workshop at University of Florida
MDPI is hosting an interdisciplinary workshop on soil health at the University of Florida on December 4, 2026, featuring discussions ...
UTIA Researchers Study Native Warm-Season Grasses for Organic Livestock Forage
University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture researchers received a $2 million USDA grant to investigate organic establishment practices for native ...
Cover Crops Enhance Soil Carbon Stocks and Strengthen Agricultural Ecosystem Resilience
A global systematic review indicates that cover crops increase soil organic carbon stocks by an average of eight percent while ...
Earthworm Guts Act as Microbial Reactors That Power Vermicomposting
A new review synthesizes how earthworm gut microbes drive organic waste decomposition, nutrient cycling and pathogen suppression during vermicomposting.
Cover Crops Shield Brazilian Farms From Droughts and Floods While Lifting Yields
Over three extreme growing seasons in Rio Grande do Sul, diversified cropping systems with cover crops reached yields up to ...
Regenerative Farms in Serbia Match Conventional Yields but Profits Remain Unstable
A study of two Vojvodina farms finds regenerative management can match conventional yields, though short-term profits remain unstable.
Lignin, the overlooked wood polymer, could replace fossil-based farm chemicals
A new review in Carbon Research maps how lignin, the abundant aromatic by-product of pulping, can be converted into controlled-release ...
Smart Nanocarriers Promise Sustained Delivery of Biostimulants for Sustainable Crops
A new review in Bioscience Nanotechnology outlines how smart nanocarriers can deliver biostimulants with sustained, stimulus-responsive release to support sustainable ...
Tanzanian rice farmers say soils are failing as commercial farming intensifies
Smallholder rice farmers in Tanzania's Kilombero valley floodplain perceive widespread soil health deterioration linked to commercial, agrochemical-intensive farming, according to ...
Guinea grass mulch boosts soil health and soybean yields in Brazilian Cerrado
A two-season field trial in Goiás, Brazil, found that residues from Quênia guinea grass, whether grown alone or intercropped with ...
Diversified Crop Rotations Reshape Soil Microbes and Nutrients in Sorghum Fields
A Chinese field study finds that rotating sorghum with potato, common vetch, or green pea shoots improves soil nutrients, restructures ...
Scientists Say Engineered Soil Microbes Could Anchor One Health in the Anthropocene
A new opinion paper argues that microbiome functional diversity is the missing biological link between soil health and One Health, ...
Farm Management Beats Soil Type in Explaining Carbon on Working Organic Farms
A study of 28 organic lettuce fields on California's Central Coast found that management practices such as continuous living cover ...
Natural Farming Shows Promise for Climate-Resilient Soils, but Evidence Gaps Remain
A new review finds that natural farming practices such as Jeevamrit, Beejamrit and mulching can improve soil organic carbon, microbial ...
Minimum tillage boosts soya bean yields, but compost can backfire
A one-season field trial in South Africa found that minimum tillage raised soya bean grain yield by 62% over conventional ...
Cobalt fertiliser needs a soil-specific reassessment
A critical review finds that cobalt’s narrow window between plant stimulation and toxicity, together with variable soil availability and accumulating ...
Soils for Europe Conference marks Mission Soil’s shift from research to action
The Soils for Europe Conference in Coimbra arrived at a moment when the conversation around European soils is changing character. ...
Straw or Biochar? Scientists Uncover Two Distinct Routes to Carbon-Rich Saline Soils
A two-year field experiment in China's Yellow River Delta shows that straw and biochar both raise soil organic carbon in ...
Nitrogen Fertiliser Cuts Carbon Loss on Farms but Slows Recovery in Grassland Soils
A 47-year Hungarian field experiment shows nitrogen fertiliser prevented about 90 percent of soil carbon loss under cropping but slowed ...
