Information considered in evaluating soil characteristics and landscape features are: Soil texture and thickness and uniformity of deposits Topography Stoniness Salinity Soil drainage Soil Order and ...

Study shows that carbon and nitrogen losses from the soil persist for nearly a decade after burning, and conversion to agriculture causes even more severe impacts Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Eight of nine California agricultural field offices threatened with closure will remain open, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Sen. Adam Schiff in a letter. The field offices are crucial to ...

Eight of nine California agricultural field offices threatened with closure will remain open, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told Sen. Adam Schiff in a letter. The field offices are crucial to ...

The field trip is a semiannual activity put on by the Utah Farm Bureau with help from Future Farmers of America and Utah State University Extension that started in 1993.

Conservation consternation USDA cuts could cause long-term damage, reverse hard-won progress Yield-increasing conservation measures now branded as "far left climate activities." ...

The plan sets two phased targets: developing 1.35 billion mu (90 million hectares, 222 million acres) of high-standard farmland by 2030, and transforming all eligible permanent basic farmland into ...

This is one of the most important pieces of the continuing resolution legislation that was signed into law late in 2024, which will provide farm economic assistance payments to many crop producers ...

The USDA is also trying to teach kids more about agriculture and the ecosystem. The education is coming through a book that focuses on soil health – and kids can color in it too.

The Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees has swept out workers across USDA, including loan analysts in Farm Service Agency field offices, ag scientists, and about ...

Soil degradation in Bihar is escalating, adversely affecting agricultural productivity and the livelihoods of millions. Experts cite water erosion, salinization, and poor practices as primary ...