Science news articles about 'soil productivity'

... to the measured plant-available water using traditional methods, the SIYM estimates may be more useful in assessing soil productivity and making site-specific management decisions. SIYM is based on ...

... evidence of the toll wildfire can take on forest soil layers. It draws on data from the 2002 Biscuit ... greenhouse gas and, in the long term, by reducing soil productivity through losses of organic matter ...

... of soil erosion. Sustainable management practices for crop residues are critical for maintaining soil productivity, but being able to measure a loss in the quality of soil can be difficult. In an ...

... other industrial purposes—may impact the long-term productivity of soils. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ... Jaw, SK, on 27 Jan. 2009 and the Saskatchewan Soils and Crops Workshop on 26 Feb. 2009 in ...

... and conventional agricultural practices, has outpaced long-term soil production. Earth's continents are losing prime agricultural soils even as population growth and increased demand for ...

... fuel. Now analysis from the Agricultural Research Service suggests that they can be used this way without reducing the nation's food supply, soil production capacity or environmental quality.

... still unclear, and a research paper published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal shines ... U.S. Great Plains by more than 50 percent with soil productivity falling more than 70 percent during ...