Surprisingly, the ground beneath us is packed with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) -- tiny codes that allow bacteria to resist antibiotics. Human activities, such as pollution and changing land use ...
We need healthy soil to grow our crops and graze our herds, to produce the food we eat and export. But this is about more than economics. Good soil helps to filter and purify our water.
Cold winter air is one reason that we have highly productive soil in Illinois and the Midwest. Temperature plays a major role in how much organic matter is present in soils. Soil organic matter is ...