A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has found that sunflower plants send fewer roots into nutrient-rich patches of soil when another sunflower is attempting to access the same patch. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These plants can reduce compaction, add nutrients, prevent pests, and more. vencavolrab / Getty Images Healthy soil is an ...

Soil compaction can bring with it serious consequences when trying to grow anything green. In fact, it can be almost ...

Having compacted soils in your garden can make it harder for some plants to grow. Soil compaction happens when all the tiny soil particles are squished together, leaving less space in between for air, ...

Crop harvest is an exciting time for most producers. It is often joked that planting, fertilizing and spraying are all done solely for the chance to get to ride around in the combine. Although most ...

Minimize driving over the soil as a compacted soil remedy to support healthy soil structure by allowing the soil to breathe, drink, and move nutrients around. Healthy soils are much more than dirt! In ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Sunflowers are popping up this fall, bathing fields here in yellow. Besides adding color, sunflowers enrich soil and sustain bees, butterflies and other pollinators on fields where ...