Phillip R. Owens, Purdue University associate professor of agronomy, demonstrates how a farmer's field can be mapped to show predicted crop yield with his technology. His functional soil mapping ...

The impact of advanced nutrient monitoring reaches far beyond efficiency. By optimizing fertilizer and water use, AI and ...

By understanding soil types, properties and spatial distribution, scientists can guide farmers on optimal fertiliser use, ...

AMES, Iowa – Climate change and soil erosion feed into one another in an environmental feedback loop that can have big consequences for Iowa land, but an Iowa State University agronomist is developing ...

A new article details an unprecedented sampling of soils taken from the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field in Union County New Mexico, detailing the dynamic conditions of the soil that was a result of lava ...

Paul Zinke, a popular professor emeritus of environmental science at UC Berkeley and an authority on forest soils, died in Oakland last Friday. He was 85. Dr. Zinke specialized in analyzing and ...

During the recent nationally televised baseball game at the Dyersville Field of Dreams, the gorgeous aerial views of Iowa’s expansive, emerald fields of corn elicited a sense of pride in many of us.

Feb. 18—The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension will host a healthy soils, cover crops and conservation in the Sacramento Valley field day in coordination ...