University of Missouri Extension will hold a free virtual workshop on “Understanding Your Soil Needs” 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec.

Getting your garden soil ready for next year can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re not sure where to start.

A new article details methods of determining a soil's texture by feel, an important skill for students of soil science. Soil texture strongly influences the nutrient holding ability of a soil, the ...

A new Yale study reveals soil texture is key to understanding the vulnerability of an ecosystem to deforestation. Researchers led by postdoctoral fellow Thomas Crowther from the Yale School of ...

I’m sure you have purchased potting soil that stated something like “contains perlite.” What exactly is that, and why should our soil contain any? Living in a region with a usually wonderful climate ...

To grow, plants must absorb nutrients from the soil. Not only must these nutrients be present in sufficient quantities, they must also be available for uptake by the plant. Nutrient availability is ...

It’s a simple equation: If you want to grow better plants, you first need to understand the soil. “The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils ...

Have you ever watered your garden and noticed the water takes a long time to drain or percolate through the soil? You might want to investigate your soil texture. Anthony Simerlink is a University of ...

To the list of challenges faced by educators — inattentive students, inadequate classrooms, and the like — I can add a few more items, after our “Soils, Soil Testing and Compost” workshop last ...

We analyzed soil water data from three sites with different soil textures in the shortgrass steppe of northeastern Colorado, USA. Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between the occurrence ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Soil organic carbon (SOC) storage is a critical component of the overall sustainability of bioenergy cropping systems. Predicting the ...