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6 Types of Soil—Plus, the Best Plants to Grow in Each

We'll also teach you how to amend the soil you have so you can grow the plants you want. Depending on where you live, you're likely to have one of six different types of soil: loam, clay, sandy, silty ...
Farm Progress

Soil biology: The secret sauce to soil health

Producers spot healthy soil through diverse ground cover, beneficial insects, earthworms and lab tests measuring microbial ...
AG Week

Understanding soil types is key to effective farming and ranching

CAPUTA, S.D.— Understanding your soil type is a vital tool to developing your farming and ranching practices. “Those properties of the soils dictate how we are going to basically utilize those soils ...
Science Daily

Nanoplastics in soil: how soil type and pH influence mobility

Nanoplastics are an increasing threat to the ecosystem; however, their mobility in the soil is still underexplored. Against this backdrop, researchers investigated the adsorption and aggregation ...
The Conversation

Healthy soil can help grow more food and cut emissions – but government inaction means too much soil is being degraded

Yuen Yoong Leong, Director of Sustainability Studies, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); Professor, Sunway University, and Michael James Platts (1945-2022), University of Cambridge ...