Native plant farming, once divisive in Chicago, is a key part of Rodeo Farm's mission to revive the Illinois tallgrass ...

Theyre well-adapted to maximize photosynthesis and minimize water loss. Prairie soils can vary in compositionclay, sandy or loamy. They can also have very different levels of moisturedry ...

Thousands of years of prairie grass growth ... this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil called loam. It gave Iowa one of the most fertile soils on the planet ...

When his in-house variable-rate program was no longer effective enough, this farmer found a local program that went deeper on ...

Native prairie grasses adapted to the fires by developing deep root systems that extend 3 to 15 feet into the soil. These roots help the plants survive fires and thrive afterward. Natural ...

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