Soil Health Principles

Soil Health Principles - Rick Haney

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A presentation by Rick Haney of the USDA Agricultural Research Service at the National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health.
This session covered basic soil health principles necessary to build soil health, such as minimizing soil disturbance, keeping the soil covered at all times, growing a living root year round, and using plant diversity above ground to increase diversity below. It also reviewed soil health testing procedures.
Learn more at www.sare.org/covercropconference.

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@Buzatesri 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this video! This is a great talk by Rick Haney and a must view for farmers entering the realm of soil health. Part of our job is to demystify the subject and Rick, in his affable, humble way, does a super job. Just Google "soil health tool test" and you will see a number of options of both commercial and university-based testing facilities. A soil health test is more expensive than a conventional test, but if you have a soil that is in moderately good condition, your savings in inputs will make the payback basically instantaneous.

@kevinmcgrath1052 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation makes the subject interesting ... can’t wait to see the future developments that no doubt will come about

@one4change4thebetter 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Dr. Rick Haney, what about testing the products grown for nutrients? If your farmers could charge more if their products because their products were of higher nutritional value than more people would be interested? Joel Salatin charges a premium for his products.

@brucedownunda7054 2 жыл бұрын

Nutrient density would be Proportional to Soil Health, me thinks , however, indicators of Nutritional values would be rather complexed given the diversity of characteristics of organisms. Historically we know that food produced in the past would be "Whole" and "Healthy". I guess a a Scientific challenge that would certainly be of unprecedented Value.

@bettercallpaul2027 5 жыл бұрын

Glad to see some references to Texas soil, thanks Rick!

@redddbaron 10 жыл бұрын

How can I get my soil tested in this way?

@SAREOutreach1 10 жыл бұрын

Most state land grant universities have soil testing laboratories that can be found through your local extension office or by searching online for your state laboratory. A number of commercial laboratories also perform routine soil analyses. The Soil Science Society of America administers a laboratory proficiency testing program (NAPT). A list of certified laboratories is available at www.naptprogram.org/. The ATTRA publication Alternative Soil Testing Laboratories is available online at attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/soil_testing/, as well as in print. For an overview on soil testing, check out chapter 22 of SARE's Building Soils for Better Crops at www.sare.org/soils.