If you’re having trouble with undersized vegetables, a poor showing of flowers, and/or trees that aren't flourishing, there are only two likely culprits: soil and water. These are going to have ...

The UD Soil Testing Program provides a variety of soil testing and educational support to farmers, homeowners and others engaged in soil management and land use. The program is offered as a public ...

One word best defines how Megan Landes-Murphy and her husband Tom Murphy met, made career choices and launched a ...

Weekly hay market reports for the week ending Oct. 5, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service.

Bulbs like daffodils, tulips and crocus adore the Pacific Northwest’s climate — the Skagit Valley alone grows roughly 1000 ...

On a late summer afternoon, Amy Curran, Duke Campus Farm’s Assistant Director, looks out across an expanse of okra and pepper ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and partners throughout the state have worked with the Gulf Hypoxia Program to develop a no-cost program with a focus on increasing the knowledge and use of ...

Mulch slows evaporation, adds nutrients to soil, and controls soil temperature ... A yard of mulch can be purchased either in bulk (loose) or in bags. The cost is about the same in either format.

Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and Muhlenberg Township have their own food safety inspectors and the rest of the county is inspected by Pennsylvania Department of ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper.

These feed mainly on grass from 85 hectares – the bulk of the farm’s land ... without adding lots of synthetic inputs to the soil. Most of the land he farms is rented, under a Dutch program ...