Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening combines ...

When it comes to covers for your garden soil, pine straw may be right. You'll only know for sure once you've compared it to ...

What if the secret to climate-friendly farming wasn’t in futuristic tech—but in how we manage what’s already on the field? Imagine turning leftover maize stalks not into smoke from open burning, but ...

This study systematically evaluates the effects of straw returning practices—specifically the timing, depth, and amount—on the occurrence of major maize diseases (northern leaf blight and ear rot), ...

Impacts of biological amendments, including waste-derived amendments that underpin soil health and agricultural ...

Researchers led by Yue Pan at Shenyang Agricultural University tested how swings between wet and dry conditions affect soil organic carbon breakdown ...