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Aug 29, 20232 min read
Featured Resource: Manage Weeds on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
How does weed management and suppression fit into your soil health-building regimen? USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and...
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Healthy Livestock: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"It's not the 'cow' it's the 'how,’” said Nicolette Hahn Niman, rancher and author of Defending Beef on Episode 22-6 of the podcast 4 The...
May 31, 20223 min read
Increased Water Retention: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
Have you ever seen a field with standing water after a rainstorm, then dried up in the heat of summer? It might seem normal, particularly...
May 16, 20222 min read
Carbon Sequestering: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"When you rebuild soil, [you are] increasing the carbon content in that soil," said John Piotti, Chief Executive Officer of American...
May 2, 20222 min read
Improved Nutrient Cycling: Co-Benefit Series of Soil Health
"If you don't take care of the soil here, the soil won't take care of you," said Robert Spiers Jr., a seventh generation Virginian farmer...
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Water Quality: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"There are a lot of things where soil health and water quality go hand in hand," said Robert Shoemaker, nutrient management specialist...