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Janis Lang

Meet Janis Lang and learn how she combined her artistic talents with lab work, making for the unique collaboration known as “soil painting.”
Series:
Soil At The Center
Soil Health

Henry Ferguson

Born on a Vermont dairy farm, Henry Ferguson is responsible for overseeing the collection of huge amounts of soil data critical to soil survey work. But it’s his love for education and the science of soils that gets him out of the office.
Series:
Soil At The Center
Soil Health

Candiss Williams

Candiss Williams comes to soil science naturally. Her inquiring mind and family legacy led her into agricultural research and developing soil models. Check out what you can learn from Candiss.
Series:
Soil At The Center
Soil Health

Skye Wills

Listen to Skye Wills when she talks about soil properties. She makes even the most complex subject clear and understandable.
Series:
Soil At The Center
Soil Health

The Science of Soil Health Series Trailer

Buz made a cross-country trek to interview some of the nation's leading researchers and experts—in order to more fully understand the science of soil health.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Getting a Handle on Mineralizable N in Soils

There's an old adage that says 'what you cannot measure, you cannot manage". What if you could accurately measure all of the nitrogen in your soils? We joined Dr. Rick Haney in Temple, TX to talk about his breakthrough research in this area.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Changing The Way We Think About Soil Microbes

In our germaphobic society today, the role of soil microorganisms is often grossly misunderstood -- to many of us, the only good bug is a dead bug. We join Dr. Kris Nichols in Mandan, North Dakota to talk about why we need change our thinking.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

What Happens When You Till?

When we use tillage, the soil ecosystem is disturbed on a massive scale. Purdue's Dr. Eileen Kladivko contrasts natural ecosystems with tilled systems and describes what we stand to lose when soils are tilled.
Series:
The Science of Soil Health
Soil Health

Cover Crops and Moisture

No cropping system is drought proof, but there are things that farmers can do to mitigate the effects of a dry year. Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton discusses how cover crops affect water dynamics through the life-cycle of the cash crop.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Cover Crops

Simulating Rainfall on Pastures

One of the marks of a healthy soil is good hydrologic function. But what does that look like? We joined JB Daniel on a farm in Virginia for an up-close and personal view of good and poor soil hydrologic function.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Understanding the Value of Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing Microbes

Legumes in cash crops & cover crops use natural symbiotic relationships with rhizobia to get nitrogen into the soil. Dr. Julie Grossman is working to unlock the secrets in the soil & to provide farmers with new insights on how to harness this.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Cover Crops

Using Cover Crops to Soak up Nutrients for the Next Crop

No farmer wants to lose precious nutrients in the cool season, but this is exactly what happens when a field is left fallow. We visited with Dr. Sjoerd Duiker to talk about how they use cover crops to nutrients stay where they belong.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Cover Crops

Compaction

What's the best way to restore compacted soil? Cover crops. We learn by imitating Mother Nature. Lesson 1: Mother Nature doesn't till.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Cover Crops

Nightcrawlers and Soil Water Flow

When we get to those dry summer months, good soil hydrologic function is critical. We visited with Purdue University's Dr. Eileen Kladivko to talk about the remarkable effect night crawlers have on aiding water flow into and through soils.
Series:
The Science of Soil Health
Soil Health

Soil Feeds Plants, and Vice Versa

In the world of production agriculture our attention is only focused on what plants take out of the soil. But what if that's only half the story?
Series:
The Science of Soil Health
Soil Health

Fighting Plant Disease with Microbes

One of the critical functions of healthy soils is that they contain beneficial microbes that can enhance plant defense against disease, and sometimes against insects; our journey took us to Clemson's Dr. Geoff Zehnder to talk about his work.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Without Carrot or Stick

Planting cover crops enhances the soil’s ability to function as a nutrient recycler. Penn State’s Dr. Sjoerd Dulker talks about how dairy farmers in his state are using cover crops to improve their business – without regulations or subsidies.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

The Weil Brassica Research Team

In South America, the no-till revolution had cover crops front and center. Whereas, in the United States the no-till revolution started out with cover crops. If you look at the old extension bulletins from the 70's, cover crops were recommended.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Precision Cover Cropping

When we think about precision farming, we're normally thinking about cash crops. But Dr. Joel Gruver from Western Illinois University is really taking cover crops to a whole new level.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Cover Crops

Dynamic Cropping Systems

Find out why a Dynamic Cropping System may work better in the long-term for improving yields and soil health in the latest episode of NRCS’ The Science of Soil Health. Watch the three-minute video. It’s science you can really dig!
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health

Systems in Agroecology

Healthy food, clean water, living soils and abundant wildlife are outcomes that the Dakota Lakes Research Farm wants to help producers achieve through their regenerative agriculture research. Dr. Dwayne Beck says it takes a systems approach.
Series:
The Science Of Soil Health
Soil Health
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