Ohio State Extension educator Heather Neikirk explains how the ecosystems within healthy soil work to keep it healthy.

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently demonstrated an autonomous robotic field ...

Watering the garden is a crucial task that is too easy to get wrong. This DIY olla helps take some of the guesswork off of ...

Soil texture refers to the amount of sand, silt and clay percentages. The best combination for plant growth is a loamy soil. Loamy soils consist of 40% sand, 33.1% silt, and 26.9% clay.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Corn crops have a voracious appetite for nitrogen. Purdue University scientists are investigating ...

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are becoming an increasing concern due to their potential adverse impacts on environmental matrices; water, soil, and plants. ECs are chemicals of natural or synthetic ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are pushing the envelope of agricultural science, breaking ground with an ...

Imagine being able to sit back and relax while your plants thrive in a perfectly optimized environment, without the need ...

From proper watering to balancing root and top growth, here’s Monty Don’s advice for moving your plants around as smooth as ...

Use rotary sprinkler heads or a drip irrigation system to give the ground enough time to absorb the drops ... To improve its texture and make it a good soil for a variety of plants, amend with: Like ...

Drought, land degradation, industrial farming and pollution are severely damaging soil health, with profound consequences for ...