Monitoring and managing emerging environmental contaminants is a critical focus in environmental science and conservation practice today, particularly given ...

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s left a deep mark on the Great Plains, not only for farming families but also for wildlife. Images ...

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

A 90th anniversary celebration of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on April 24 highlighted the agency's evolution and commitment to conservation. The celebration included remarks by USDA ...

Freezing of funds, revamping of programs and cuts to staffing that have come with the new Trump administration continue to bring questions in the farm community and those who serve them. For soil and ...

Conservation of soil and water is basic to agricultural education today. But it was not always so. A hundred years ago, soil conservation was still a new concept with few advocates. Problems with ...

QUILCENE — Auburn-based human composting company Earth Funeral is seeking to make a third option available, as an alternative to cremation or traditional burial. “Human composting, otherwise known as ...

The State Soil Conservation Board (SSCB) will meet for a board meeting on Monday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Indiana Soybean Alliance, 8425 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to Andy Taylor, the ...