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lynngrooms
Feb 53 min read
Why soil health collaboration is needed
Jules Reynolds is the program coordinator for the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement. She joined SHARE in August 2024 and...
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lynngrooms
Feb 32 min read
Cover crops for the win!
Sometimes first impressions are all wrong. Anyone driving Wisconsin Highway 80 in Iowa County in spring 2024 might be forgiven for...
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lynngrooms
Jan 292 min read
Agroforestry project launched in Southeastern Wisconsin
A new $275,000 project has been funded by the Daybreak Foundation  and Caerus Foundation  to develop agroforestry plantings in...
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lynngrooms
Jan 292 min read
Fertile farming with frass
Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless but scientists have found this waste can improve soil health when...
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lynngrooms
Jan 162 min read
Information sharing, key to soil-health approach
Erin Silva is the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. She also is the State...
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lynngrooms
Jan 152 min read
Producer-led groups increase conservation practices by 43 percent
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has released the 2022-2023 impact report for its...
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lynngrooms
Jan 131 min read
Exploring linkages between soil health and human health
The United States is an important food producer globally, in part because of its abundance of agriculturally productive soils. However,...
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lynngrooms
Jan 72 min read
Web-based app optimizes soil sampling
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the ARS’s Partnership for Data Innovations have...
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lynngrooms
Dec 30, 20243 min read
Robot could find nitrate hot spots
Christian Luedtke, a researcher at Michigan State University, demonstrates a prototype of a tile robot. Photo: Iowa Learning Farms By...
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lynngrooms
Dec 19, 20244 min read
The better we know soil health, the better we can do
Chris Bandura is a conservation cropping outreach specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension Crops and Soils...
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lynngrooms
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Partners develop 3D technology to suppress weeds
Through a Conservation Innovation Grant, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and partners are using 3D imagery to map cover...
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lynngrooms
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Soil health decision tool helps farmers make conservation choices
by Natasha Paris and Jeff Hadachek University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension and UW-Madison Sustainability is a common topic of...
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lynngrooms
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Celebrate World Soil Day: December 5
World Soil Day 2024 | Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage World Soil Day is observed annually on December 5 to focus attention on...
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lynngrooms
Dec 2, 20244 min read
Soil, the great mediator
Gregg Sanford is an assistant professor of soil carbon and cropping system ecology in the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences...
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lynngrooms
Nov 18, 20245 min read
Farm size, profitability critical in whether sustainable practices are implemented, SHALL survey shows
Rachel Gurney is co-lead of the Soil Health & Agroecological Living Lab (SHALL) in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the...
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lynngrooms
Nov 12, 20241 min read
New take on rainfall simulator demo
Ashley Waggoner, our own SHARE engagement coordinator, and her unique soil health display, caught the attention of Farm Progress' Midwest...
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lynngrooms
Nov 8, 20244 min read
MFAI widens farmer-centered efforts
The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI) – along with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center of the U.S. Department of...
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lynngrooms
Oct 29, 20241 min read
How Wet is America's Soil? Nobody Knows, but AI Can Help
Scientists in the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are leveraging artificial intelligence to map soil moisture across...
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lynngrooms
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Presentations to shed light on soil health
The Soil Health Institute will feature several presentations on soil health at the 2024 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting,...
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lynngrooms
Sep 9, 20241 min read
Jules Reynolds joins SHARE team
Dr. Jules Reynolds recently joined the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement (SHARE) as the project coordinator. She’ll lead...
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