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Roller-crimping can reduce glyphosate use, but its success is crop- and region-specific: reliable for soybeans in humid areas, risky for corn, and unsuitable for semi-arid Plains.
The realistic per-acre cost of cover cropping ranges from $15 to $100 — but the break-even math depends on which benefits you capture. Here are the real numbers by region.
PLFA is the most reproducible method for measuring living microbial biomass in soil — but no validated thresholds exist for interpreting the numbers. Here is what the science actually supports.
Sikkim is 100% organic state in India. 66,000 farmers transforming steep Himalayan slopes into a global standard for soil health and resilient agriculture.
Mid-infrared spectroscopy can estimate many soil health indicators from one rapid scan, reducing cost and turnaround while making large-scale, routine field monitoring far more practical.
A rural Missouri team is building practical tools for soil health, sensing, and regenerative agriculture.
The rice carbon market has rebuilt on strict science. New 2026 protocols account for the methane-nitrous oxide trade-off, with prices hitting $17–18.
Virtual fencing isn’t automation—it’s timing. In sheep and goats, precise moves protect root recovery, reduce parasite exposure, and keep nutrients cycling where they belong: in the soil.
Soil microbial communities regulate nutrient cycling, soil structure, and plant stress responses—processes that directly affect crop productivity and yield stability. Microbial inoculants (often marketed as biofertilizers/biostimulants) can improve crop performance, but their efficacy is highly variable because establishment and function depend on environmental and biological context.
In 2020, while working on soil health in Nebraska, one question kept breaking every conversation: how do we know a practice is improving soil health and compared to what?
Editor’s Note: At Soil Health Exchange, we believe data is important, but experience is everything.
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