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Alan Franzluebbers
The author is a research ecologist with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Raleigh, N.C.
Where’s the phosphorus?
Soils
May 27, 2025
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
We are all familiar with the three primary nutrients required by plants: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)...
Soil health is human health
Soils
April 25, 2025
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
One of the soil functions of widespread interest to country and city dwellers alike is providing a firm foundation, either for growing plants or for the variety of buildings that we house our livestock, harvested grain, or families in...
Greetings, spring green up!
Soils
March 17, 2025
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
Is it safe to assume that we all look forward to a bit of spring green up?...
From pats and pee to plants
Soils
Jan. 7, 2025
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
Have you ever wondered how all those cattle dung patties simply disappear from one year to the next?...
Organic matter is no small matter
Soils
Nov. 25, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
When evaluating the quality of land for farming, one of the key features of interest will be its organic matter content...
Soil stability is a sticky situation
Soils
Sept. 26, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
In the February 2023 issue of this column, I introduced the forces binding soil into water-stable aggregates...
The changing nature of soil
Soils
May 28, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
In the March 2024 issue of this column, it was questioned whether pastures were just right in maturity or too old and in need of renovation...
Is your pasture old enough?
Grasses
March 26, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
Do fresh, newly planted pastures provide better nutritional quality for grazing livestock than older pastures?...
Simple roots make soil life complex
Soils
Feb. 24, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
Out of sight, out of mind! This adage can certainly apply to our view of soil and the organisms that live in it...
Winter reflections on the living soil
Soils
Jan. 25, 2024
BY
Alan Franzluebbers
This edition of Sunrise on Soil offers some ethical and spiritual musings of soil...
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