Soil scientist Andrew Margenot holds a jar of soil gathered from Menard County, Illinois in 1948. The University of Illinois professor said he rediscovered the "church of soil" when searching an old ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

A project starting in central Iowa can help reduce fertilizer application, writes Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.

WENTZVILLE, Mo. – A U.S. Marine from Wentzville is among those to be featured in a unique tribute to America’s fallen heroes. A national organization called The Patriot Soil Project is on a ...

Far from brown dirt, the Australian National Soil Archive houses 100,000 soil samples — some a century old — that represent a ...