The latest episode from Stories from the Soil looks at managing soil health when there are multiple soil types.

 

Cover crop beerCover Crop – It’s the name of a new beer

New craft beer created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ohio Farm Bureau. The name is in reference to the revival of the farming practice of cover cropping.

 

Farm Talk podcastPodcast on Soil Health

This North Dakota based podcast covers soil health topics including no till and low till, irrigation and yield, and spotlights on no till pioneers.

 

 

Aug 30 Soil Health Workshop Schuylerville NYBuilding soil organic matter takes time

“Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es in their book, “Building Soils for Better Crops” (2nd Edition), outline that even applying 20 tons per acre per year of solid dairy manure will only increase organic matter 0.065 percent per year. So, if relatively high applications of manure are added to soils, it will likely only be possible to increase organic matter content 0.17 percent per year. As a result, a goal of raising soil organic matter 1 percent would be far more realistic over a decade than one year. To attain this goal, it may be necessary to use other soil improving practices such as conservation tillage (limited till or No-till); cover crops; residue management; and nutrient saving manure application methods to enhance the soil building process.”