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Water Holding Capacity
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/water-holding-capacity
be a problem, leading to standing water, erosion, and nutrient loss. A soil with a low water holding ... THIS PAGE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT Water holding capacity is the amount of water a soil can hold for ... capacity will have a narrow window between too much and not enough moisture. Both conditions lead to poor ...
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Soil Health Assessment 1
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/node/137
meet those. Urban gardeners can choose species of vegetables or landscaping plants that are able to ... Although farmers have intuitively understood the importance of soil quality and health for ... generations, recent efforts have focused on how to better measure and quantify soil health. Here we present ...
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Erosion Control
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/erosion-control
Overview The top 6-8" of soil (or topsoil) is uniquely able to support plant and microbial ... life. But topsoil can be depleted by wind or water erosion and poor management, leading to lower ... soils and water quality. Key Strategies Minimal disturbance – Using fewer tillage events, or at least ...
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Tools and Software
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Ohio Soil Health Card This tool can help to track several observable soil health characteristics ... such as structure, drainage, and plant vigor, as well as laboratory soil test results. The Soil Health ... Card provides guidance about how and when to assess each characteristic. 4-H Soil Health Challenge ...
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International Workshop and Field Day on Climate-smart Agriculture in Ukraine
entitled “Impact of sustainable agricultural management practices on soil quality and crop productivity,” ... Climate-Smart Agriculture.” On the first day (September 11), more than 100 participants including ... representatives from the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and the leading scientists of the ...
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Making sense of Soil Health Testing: Ohio State’s path forward
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/making-sense-soil-health-testing-ohio-state%E2%80%99s-path-forward
do—from row crops to gardens, from rural fields to urban lots, from education to research. We are excited ... The topic of soil health has been receiving a great deal of attention lately and farmers are ... increasingly interested in understanding more about their soils. There are a number of labs that now offer some ...
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Biological Activity
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/biological-activity
Overview Biologial activity in your soil helps to add organic matter, cycle nutrients, and ... create biodiversity. A biologically active soil supports natural soil food webs and the interactions that support ... a resilient and healthy soil. Read more: Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling For increased ...
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Do you have questions about cover crops on Prevented Planting acres?
in the soil to replace nutrients washed out by all this rain. Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension, Paulding ... Miller, Representative from Stewart Seeds: Justin Petrosino, Representative from USDA-NRCS: Jim Hoorman, soil health. ... Layman, President of Ohio No-Till Council, will help lead this so everyone gets their questions and issues ...
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Soil Health Management
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management
Set Reasonable Soil Health Goals The first step to soil health management is assessing your ... current soil health and identifying what properties need to be maintained or improved. Then set up soil ... budget. Achievable: Not everything can be changed. Soil texture and bedrock properties are difficult to ...
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The Science of Soil Health
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/video/science-soil-health
videos focusing on the science of soil health. In the fall of 2013 Buz made a cross-country trek to ... interview some of the nation's leading researchers and experts—in order to more fully understand the ... science of soil health. This is an introduction to the "The Science of Soil Health" video ...