On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...

Arable soils are a valuable resource for our food and biodiversity—and are at risk from drought, storms and heavy rainfall. To help farmers better protect their fields from erosion, the Leibniz Center ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that's underestimated in considering the carbon ...

Zeyuan Qiu, professor of environmental science and chair of NJIT's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, has been named a Fellow of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS). The ...

"Soil Your Undies" sounds like the latest, grossest internet challenge to make the social media rounds. But it's actually a ...

This week on AgweekTV, E15 gets a boost in Congress to help farmers and drivers as gas prices remain high. A lot of valuable top soil was blowing in the wind around the region. We'll hear from an ...

As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the ...

Conservation experts say that’s bad news for soil health, which is directly tied to water quality and our health. They’re encouraging farmers to take up practices, including cover crops and livestock ...

Most of us weren’t around to see the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. But a mixture of drought and poor farming practices saw the topsoil of a half dozen states stripped away. Picture the dusty and desolate ...