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Coalition practices “Grazing Logic”
Trish Feiring is a field representative for the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition. With support from SHARE, the coalition is engaged...
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Feb 173 min read
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Why soil health collaboration is needed
Jules Reynolds is the program coordinator for the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement. She joined SHARE in August 2024 and...
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Feb 53 min read
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Cover crops for the win!
Sometimes first impressions are all wrong. Anyone driving Wisconsin Highway 80 in Iowa County in spring 2024 might be forgiven for...
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Feb 32 min read
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Agroforestry project launched in Southeastern Wisconsin
A new $275,000 project has been funded by the Daybreak Foundation and Caerus Foundation to develop agroforestry plantings in...
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Jan 292 min read
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Fertile farming with frass
Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless but scientists have found this waste can improve soil health when...
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Jan 292 min read
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Information sharing, key to soil-health approach
Erin Silva is the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. She also is the State...
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Jan 162 min read
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Producer-led groups increase conservation practices by 43 percent
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has released the 2022-2023 impact report for its...
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Jan 152 min read
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Exploring linkages between soil health and human health
The United States is an important food producer globally, in part because of its abundance of agriculturally productive soils. However,...
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Jan 131 min read
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Web-based app optimizes soil sampling
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the ARS’s Partnership for Data Innovations have...
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Jan 72 min read
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Robot could find nitrate hot spots
Christian Luedtke, a researcher at Michigan State University, demonstrates a prototype of a tile robot. Photo: Iowa Learning Farms By...
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Dec 30, 20243 min read
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The better we know soil health, the better we can do
Chris Bandura is a conservation cropping outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension Crops and Soils...
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Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Partners develop 3D technology to suppress weeds
Through a Conservation Innovation Grant, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and partners are using 3D imagery to map cover...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Soil health decision tool helps farmers make conservation choices
by Natasha Paris and Jeff Hadachek University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension and UW-Madison Sustainability is a common topic of...
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Dec 13, 20243 min read
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Celebrate World Soil Day: December 5
World Soil Day 2024 | Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage World Soil Day is observed annually on December 5 to focus attention on...
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Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Soil, the great mediator
Gregg Sanford is an assistant professor of soil carbon and cropping system ecology in the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences...
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Dec 2, 20244 min read
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Farm size, profitability critical in whether sustainable practices are implemented, SHALL survey shows
Rachel Gurney is co-lead of the Soil Health & Agroecological Living Lab (SHALL) in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the...
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Nov 18, 20245 min read
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New take on rainfall simulator demo
Ashley Waggoner, our own SHARE engagement coordinator, and her unique soil health display, caught the attention of Farm Progress' Midwest...
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Nov 12, 20241 min read
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MFAI widens farmer-centered efforts
The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) – along with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center of the U.S. Department of...
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Nov 8, 20244 min read
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How Wet is America's Soil? Nobody Knows, but AI Can Help
Scientists in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are leveraging artificial intelligence to map soil moisture across...
lynngrooms
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Presentations to shed light on soil health
The Soil Health Institute will feature several presentations on soil health at the 2024 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting,...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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