General farming

Biochar Increases Plant Survival

Read case studies in how biochar improved plant survival rates, boosted yeilds, and saved money. Sandy soils particularly benefitted from biochar.

Digital version of the USBI Biochar In Compost Fact Sheet created in 2022

Improve compost and save money.

Biochar in New York State: Benefits and Challenges Moving Forward

In this 48-minute film from NHK World Japan, learn how carbon farmers Gabe Brown in the US, Toshimichi Yoshida in Japan, and others are taking action against the climate crisis by employing regenerative agriculture or carbon farming.

One of the most effective and long-lasting ways farmers can move carbon from the atmosphere into the soil is to use biochar. But if it is so effective, why don’t we see biochar everywhere?

Dr Brandon R Smith, National Program Coordinator for the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) National Soil Health Division, discusses biochar in relation to current NRCS policy in this presen

Visit this page for an index to a number of high quality biochar research reports and publications by the WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR).

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This short summary from the National Pesticide Information Center reviews the effects of biochar on pesticides in soil. Biochar can bind to pesticides in soil. The effect of biochar on pesticide residues in soil varies.

Visit this site for upcoming and archived US Forest Service webinars on biochar. Past webinars include: