It’s a bit like giving the soil a DNA test.” A new droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method quantifies root DNA directly from soil ...

Combatting wildlife decline, eDNA technology is turning simple water and soil samples into a global biodiversity map.

Once on-farm research trials are established, one of the most important stages of data collection begins before sidedress nitrogen applications. Many projects supported through the Nitrogen ...

WASHINGTON — An environmental watchdog group claims that federal regulators used improper testing methods that may have downplayed the presence of toxic chemicals following the EPA’s response to the ...

A jury in Los Angeles found the rapper and three of his companies liable for more than $400,000 after he played an unauthorized music sample at an event in 2021. By Michaela Towfighi A jury in Los ...

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

To investigate the impact of surface sampling operations on the physical and mechanical properties of lunar soil—defined as the granular, sub-centimeter-sized fraction of the lunar regolith—and to ...

Mike Naig is Iowa secretary of agriculture. With input costs high and grain prices low, farmers are feeling the squeeze in this tough ag economy. For farmers looking to save money and embrace ...

When you buy new cropland, you’re not just buying the soil, you’re also investing in the years of fertilizer, inputs, and stewardship the previous owner put into it. However, are you paying for those ...

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...

A study appearing in Nature Microbiology analyzes soils sampled across the state of Kansas to determine the importance of "legacy effects"—or how soils from a specific location are influenced by ...