Grounding United States policies and programs in soil carbon science: strengths, limitations, and opportunities

DL Gelardi, D Rath, CE Kruger - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The advent of “natural climate solutions” and “climate smart agriculture” has increased
interest in managing agricultural lands to sequester soil carbon and mitigate climate change …

[HTML][HTML] The economics of land tenure and soil health

AW Stevens - Soil Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Farmers who own their land face different incentives than those who rent. Economically
rational owner-operators consider their soil's future productive capacity when making current …

Farmers employ diverse cover crop management strategies to meet soil health goals

M Bowman, K Poley… - … & Environmental Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) were used on only∼ 5% of harvested cropland in the United States in
2017. Lack of information about effective CC management and the costs and benefits of CCs …

Cover crop management practices to promote soil health and climate adaptation: Grappling with varied success from farmer and researcher observations

J Gutknecht, A Journey, H Peterson… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil health is a pathway through which farm and environmental outcomes can be improved
together on agricultural landscapes, and management to improve soil health is increasingly …

Cropping systems with perennial vegetation and livestock integration promote soil health

AJ Augarten, LC Malone… - Agricultural & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil health can differ across cropping systems because of variation in edaphic and
management factors. We evaluated how biological indicators of soil health (soil organic …

Relationships of on‐farm soil health scores with corn and soybean yield in the midwestern United States

B Crookston, M Yost, M Bowman… - Soil Science Society of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil health assessments are interpretive frameworks that estimate a soil's health by scoring
various soil biological, chemical, and physical attributes to guide soil and crop management …

Multifunctional evaluation and analysis of synergistic relationships: A cognitive framework for the sustainable use of cropland in China

R Zou, Y Peng, H Yang, Y Hu, L Liu, X Mao - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cropland is a comprehensive system influenced by the natural environment and human
activities. This article collects the data of cropland use, soil, and other geographic, social and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial modeling of soil security in agricultural land of Central Java, Indonesia: A preliminary study on capability, condition, and capital dimensions

W Widyatmanti, DA Umarhadi - Soil Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Regulations for land use monitoring in Indonesia are still centered on how to increase
production as high as possible, without intensively and carefully securing the soil as a …

Microbial respiration gives early indication of soil health improvement following cover crops

BS Crookston, MA Yost, M Bowman… - Journal of Soil and …, 2023 - jswconline.org
Farmer participatory research in soil health is important to evaluating soil conservation
practices like cover crops on working farms. The Soil Health Partnership (SHP) was a large …

Corn response to long‐term seasonal weather stressors: A review

OA Ortez, AJ Lindsey, PR Thomison, JA Coulter… - Crop …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term weather patterns (environmental conditions or stresses exceeding 10 days in
length) have the potential to influence corn (Zea mays L.) growth, development, and yield …