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Lal Carbon Center Graduate Students at the Hayes Advanced Research Forum

Congratulations to Anna Kolganova for her Honorable Mention at the Hayes Advanced Research Forum! PhD students Anna Kolganova and Brittany Multer from the Lal Carbon Center joined dozens of their peers at the Ohio State University Union on Friday, March 1st for the 38th Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research forum.

Point: Cover crops do not increase soil organic carbon stocks as much as has been claimed: What is the way forward?

When compared to virgin land (forest and grassland), croplands store significantly lower amounts of organic carbon (OC), mainly as a result of soil tillage, and de- creased plant inputs to the soil over the whole year.

Counterpoint: Cover crops do increase soil organic carbon stocks—A critical comment on Chaplot and Smith (2023)

Recently, Chaplot and Smith (2023) challenged the notion, that cover crops constitute an effective option to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. As much as we agree with the authors' position on the need for analytical rigour, we strongly question the validity of their study.

COP28 Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action

We affirm that agriculture and food systems must urgently adapt and transform in order to respond to the imperatives of climate change.

Top 10 Things You Wanted to Know About Ag Carbon Markets

Explore some valuable information about what kind of questions that farmers might have about agricultural carbon markets from the Farmland Information Center: The agricultural carbon markets are changing rapidly.

Earthworms contribute significantly to global food production

Earthworms are critical soil ecosystem engineers that support plant growth in numerous ways; however, their contribution to global agricultural production has not been quantified.

Soil, soul, spirituality, and stewardship

This article is available in full at the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation free of charge. Soil, the most basic among all natural resources and essential to provisioning of numerous ecosystem services (ESs) that are critical for human well-being and nature conservancy, is prone to degradation because of land misuse and soil mismanagement.