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Biochar-ging the soil

Amending soils with biochar is an old practice gaining a new popularity – and it’s the subject of some new research on the Palouse.
June 19, 2026
Julia McCarthy

What’s black and powdery fine, with holes all over? “Biochar” might not be everyone’s immediate response, but this soil additive is gaining popularity in the U.S. Now, University of Idaho researchers hope to put numbers to the benefits of biochar application on Palouse farms. 


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Death, taxes and Idaho wind

July 11, 2023
Lynn Jaynes

If we can keep wind erosion under control, maybe then we’d only have to worry about planning for death and taxes, and finding where our trampolines are nesting.


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[Podcast] High-moisture corn and cover crops with Krein Farms in American Falls

May 1, 2023

Eight years and drought has taught Kryst Krein a lot with cover crop experimentation in American Falls. This is in addition to his high-moisture corn, potatoes and wheat rotations.


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No-till farming and cover-crop realities

December 15, 2022
Heather Smith Thomas

Sure, Midwest farms can utilize no-till planting, but can Western producers make it work in a drier climate? Two Idaho producers tell us how it's working for them.



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Healthy and productive soil

Soil health beyond the microbes

March 1, 2021
Dustin Sawyer
The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point has one of the best colleges of natural resources in the world. I know that because I earned my degree in soil science there.
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