When I was really young, I saw grass growing on the beach, and I thought ‘How is it possible that something can grow in the ...

The relative ability of soils to store one particular group of nutrients, the cations, is referred to as cation exchange capacity or CEC. Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and ...

When he took over the farm from his parents, the soil had a lot of fine particles. The silt, sand, and clay making up the soil would come apart easily. After a heavy rain, the soil would become ...

which is why it is important to cover bare soil with mulch or a ground cover plant. ( Explore why mulch catches fire.) ...

An Allen County resident is among 13 students from across the state that have been named to display their agriculture science ...