Some Wisconsin farmers are glad to get a break from rain long enough to plant, while others are hoping for a long, slow soaking rain after planting wraps up. Cal Dalton raises about 13-hundred acres ...

The importance of hardiness zones lies in their ability to help gardeners and farmers choose plants that will thrive in their ...

Phosphorus is essential for moving energy in plants. It is usually needed more for helping transporting carbohydrates to flowers and fruit as well as moving that energy into the roots, bulbs or tubers ...

Agriculture requires a lot of water. In the drought-stricken Central Valley, farmers and researchers are teaming up on a ...

Soil Science involves course work and thesis research in soil chemistry, soil fertility and management, soil physics, soil microbiology and biochemistry, environmental microbiology, soil and water ...

The Hula wetland and old Lake Hula drainage were completed in 1957, and the land was converted into agricultural use. However ...

and provide added data like soil pH, temperature, and sunlight exposure. Only a lab test can truly assess the composition of your soil, but a moisture meter is one garden tool that can give you a ...

It takes soil centuries, if not millennia, to form a single inch of healthy topsoil, and we are contributing to its degradation faster than ever before. As soil loses its fertility, mainly due to ...

Worldwide semiconductor sales were $54.9 billion during the month of February, noting a sequential decline for the second straight month. February sales decreased 2.9% from the previous month but ...

While the pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, most plants only grow and thrive happily in between 6.0 and 7.5. If your soil is too acidic, it’s time to find ways to neutralize it. Below is how to ...

LONDON - Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (AIM:SYM), a company specializing in making plastics and rubber more sustainable, announced today the results of a study indicating that plastic made ...