DIY Soil Health Tests You Can Do On The Farm
Slake, Infiltration and Bulk Density (BD) are 3 tests that are fairly easy to do on the farm with a few simple tools.
Looking Back to Move Forward
To find out which direction we should be headed in terms of soil health we should look back to how it was.
Soil Carbon – What is it and how do we measure it?
Last week we looked at the important role of soil carbon in plant growth and soi [...]
Building Soil Carbon on Your Farm
Many practices, such as reduced tillage, increased residue coverage and improved crop rotations, have been incorporated in the last fifty years that have lowered the loss of carbon, and farmers need to continue this trend to encourage healthy and resilient soils.
A Meal Plan for Soil Health
As land owners, we need to ensure that our land is healthy and nourished, not only our plants.
Rethink the Relationship Wind has with your Soil
It is easy to forget our fields once the harvest is in the bin and the last pull [...]
Keep your microbes happy!
The modern approach to agriculture is focused on the production of monoculture c [...]
The Dark Side of Tillage
Global food production occurs on 11% of the world’s arable land, with 95% of the [...]
What exactly is soil health?
Last week I was able to participate in the annual DIRT workshop hosted by NDSU t [...]
