Black ashes or charcoal texture, background. (Photo: iStock - Okrip)

Application of biochar in agricultural systems

  • By Rakesh Kumar, Jasmeet Lamba, Sushil Adhikari, Allen Torbert, and Wendiam Sawadgo │ Auburn University
Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)

Companion planting: Positive partnerships that produce more

A volunteer explains one of the stations during the 2023 Rangeland and Soils Days contest. The 2024 event is June 12-13, 2024, in Watertown. (SDSU Extension photo)
Summer landscape with green grass field and blue sky
Photo courtesy of U.S. Wheat Associates.
Soil carbon (Photo: Journal courtesy photo)
Joshua Gaskamp, consultation manager at Noble Research Institute, spoke about grazing for soil health at the recent Soil Health U event in Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)