Purpose Soil is a thin coating of matter that covers the earth's surface, formed through the
process of rock weathering. It is a natural filter for impurities in groundwater and is very …

Bio-based fertilizers (BBFs) have been promoted as a solution to help manage bio-waste
problems and improve soil health conditions. Their potential is to replace mineral fertilizers …

Healthy soils are critical to the health of ecosystems, economies, and human populations.
Thus, it is widely acknowledged that soil health is important to quantify, both for assessment …

Including cover crops within agricultural rotations may increase soil organic carbon (SOC).
However, contradictory findings generated by on-site experiments make it necessary to …

Conservation management practices–including agroforestry, cover crop**, no-till, reduced
tillage, and residue return–have been applied for decades to control surface runoff and soil …

The concept of soil health is appropriately receiving increased attention from governments,
producers, corporations, and other stakeholders because of the many functions of soil that …

Cover crops may improve soil health and increase soil carbon sequestration, thus
contributing to both the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. Despite these …

Soil health encompasses a range of biological, chemical, and physical soil properties that
sustain the commercial and ecological value of agroecosystems. Monitoring soil health …

Soil health is a promising lens through which to approach land management, having the
potential to serve as a descriptor of biophysical processes and as an effective …

Cover crops are touted for their potential agronomic and environmental benefits, and are
currently incentivized through state, federal and private investment in the USA. There is a …