Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...

Tom Cotter has been honored with Minnesota’s Leopold Conservation Award for his community-focused soil health practices.

Theresa Rozic Sutter with the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District recently received a statewide award.

Prairie strips can improve measures of soil health faster than expected, according to new research by Iowa State University ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

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Soil conservation is a key to environmental sustainability. It helps protect natural resources and watersheds, restores habitats for plants and wildlife, improves water quality, and makes soil ...

A 90th anniversary celebration of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on April 24 highlighted the agency's evolution and commitment to conservation. The celebration included remarks by USDA ...

BLOOMINGTON — Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources leadership recently presented Pope Soil & Water Conservation ...

On this day in 1935, as a blistering heat wave parched the nation’s midsection, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation aimed at combating soil erosion and preserving the nation’s natural ...