If you take a look at just about any soil survey report or the results of a soil test for nearly any agricultural soil in northeast Colorado, you are likely to find that soils have high calcium ...

The availability of Ca from different levels of gypsum and calcium carbonate in a non-saline sodic soil has been investigated. Different levels of tagged gypsum (Ca⁴⁵SO₄. 2H₂O) and calcium carbonate ...

After a cozy night by the fireplace, most people scoop out the ash and toss it without a second thought. But did you know ...

Did your soil struggle to support your corn or soybean crop last season? If so, you might be considering soil amendments this year. But where do you start? With the exception of fertilizer, almost ...

Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving cropping system. Below, are a variety of organically approved soil amendments that can help farmers enhance soil health and productivity. “The ultimate ...

Plant and Soil, Vol. 192, No. 1 (May (I) 1997), pp. 37-48 (12 pages) The chemical barrier to root development existing in the subsoils of acid soils is a subject of increasing interest. In order to ...

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks – essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...