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Jan 232 min read
5 Priorities Of Soil Health Management: Priority 1 - Eliminate Erosion
What do the four core principles of soil health management look like in your field, yard, garden, or forest? It depends on what the soil...
Aug 29, 20232 min read
Featured Resource: Manage Weeds on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
How does weed management and suppression fit into your soil health-building regimen? USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and...
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Healthy Livestock: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"It's not the 'cow' it's the 'how,’” said Nicolette Hahn Niman, rancher and author of Defending Beef on Episode 22-6 of the podcast 4 The...
May 31, 20223 min read
Increased Water Retention: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
Have you ever seen a field with standing water after a rainstorm, then dried up in the heat of summer? It might seem normal, particularly...
May 16, 20222 min read
Carbon Sequestering: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"When you rebuild soil, [you are] increasing the carbon content in that soil," said John Piotti, Chief Executive Officer of American...
May 2, 20222 min read
Improved Nutrient Cycling: Co-Benefit Series of Soil Health
"If you don't take care of the soil here, the soil won't take care of you," said Robert Spiers Jr., a seventh generation Virginian farmer...
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Erosion Control: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
Erosion washes away topsoil on farms, shrinks coast lines, dissolves islands in the Chesapeake Bay, and harms our backyards. "After our...
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Water Quality: Co-Benefits of Soil Health Series
"There are a lot of things where soil health and water quality go hand in hand," said Robert Shoemaker, nutrient management specialist...