Monitoring soil health on farms key to sustainable agriculture, says CAFRE

How George Washington Carver Revived Southern Agriculture - Southeast AgNET

A Struggling Start for Southern Agriculture In the early days of American farming, pioneers in New England and along the East Coast found relative success due to favorable soil and climate conditions. However, the South told a different story. Poor soil quality and inconsistent weather patterns made farming especially difficult. Many early Southern farmers eventually gave up, relocating their families to the fertile Ohio Valley and emerging Midw…

Monitoring soil health on farms key to sustainable agriculture, says CAFRE

What’s beneath your boots matters. CAFRE’s latest project shows how simple checks—like counting worms and digging a soil pit—can reveal the health of your soil. Healthy soils mean better yields, stronger sustainability, and more profit.