Carbon is like water and oxygen. Without it, there’s no life,” says Jerry Hatfield, a retired laboratory director for the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.
Kansas State University Extension revisits the importance of measuring soil aggregates as a way to determine the structural status of the soil — which plays an important role in water infiltration, aeration, root penetration, carbon storage, and nutrient cycling.
If manure increases formation of larger and more stable soil aggregates, what might be the benefits of fertilizing with manure as compared to commercial fertilizer? University of Nebraska Extension discusses potential benefits.
Woods End Laboratories, the maker of Solvita soil biology tests, announced the release of Solvita VAST (Volumetric Aggregate Stability Test), a rapid laboratory method for measuring water-stable soil aggregates.
Low aggregate stability puts your crop at risk for oxygen deprivation under excessive moisture conditions. Jerry Hatfield shares how to check aggregate stability and protect your soils while the aggregates rebuild.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Brian and Darren Hefty, fourth-generation farmers and hosts of Ag PhD, share tips for treating tar spot in corn.
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