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Healthy Soil = Clean, Abundant Water

Soil plays a critical role in supporting life on earth. Healthy soil serves as the base of an ecosystem full of living organisms that helps sustain plants, animals, and even us. Soil provides us a bountiful food supply, beautiful landscapes, and even the support on which we build homes. But

Texas Farmer Adapts During Challenging Times

The journey our food makes from field to fork can be complex. Since farmers represent the genesis of this process, it’s important to understand the practices they implement to address environmental and economic challenges in support of our food supply.

Preparing for a Successful Crop: Planting Strategies

Going into pre-season, or the time before planting, one of the first decisions farmers must make is what crops to plant. Rodney Schronk and his wife Susan farm in Hill County, Texas, explain their decision to grow corn, cotton, wheat and sunflowers is complex.

There Are Many Faces in Farming

Agriculture plays a significant role in our society. The most obvious benefit of agriculture in our daily lives is an abundant food supply. In fact, one farm in the U.S. feeds 166 people on average domestically and abroad. Beyond food, agriculture provides us with the clothes we wear, fuel for

Innovation Magnifies Conservation Efforts

Farmers and ranchers are continually searching for the most up-to-date techniques and technologies to increase production efficiency on their land, while conserving natural resources. One federal agency is key in helping them to discover these innovations.

5 Ways Farmers Conserve Water

Water is a vital natural resource essential for all living things on the planet. Water is one of the most important ingredients in the growth of something we need every day – food! It is also essential in the production of our clothing and the countless other products we use

Sharing the Load: The Role of Women in Agriculture

A mother’s tasks in a Texas farm family shows how the role of women in agriculture is now vitally important in managing the business of farming and using best practices to conserve soil and water.

Daughters of the Land

Unlike in the past, a young girl’s future role in taking over the family farm in Texas is accepted and welcomed.

Out-of-the-Box Farming: Soil Health

Did you know that one tablespoon of healthy soil contains more microorganisms than there are humans on the earth? As it turns out, this life beneath our feet is key to the overall quality of our lives.

A Regenerative Approach to Agricultural Conservation

More than half a million farmers and ranchers are implementing conservation practices on their farms across the U.S. One West Texas farmer is taking his conservation efforts one step further with a regenerative approach to agricultural production.

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Healthy Soil = Clean, Abundant Water

Texas Farmer Adapts During Challenging Times

Preparing for a Successful Crop: Planting Strategies

There Are Many Faces in Farming

Innovation Magnifies Conservation Efforts

5 Ways Farmers Conserve Water

Sharing the Load: The Role of Women in Agriculture

Daughters of the Land

Out-of-the-Box Farming: Soil Health

A Regenerative Approach to Agricultural Conservation

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