Extension Resources - Soil Health

• NEW!! Ecological properties of earthworm burrows in an organically managed grass-clover system
• NEW!! Soil Nematodes (eXtension)

• Advanced Soil Organic Matter Management (Michigan State University's Organic Farming Exchange)
• Building Soil for Organic and Sustainable Farms, Where to Start? (Michigan State University's Organic Farming Exchange)(PDF, 2MB)
• The Canadian Farm Business Management Council's Organic Agriwebinars
  Please note: Registration with Agriwebinars is needed to view these online video presentations
  • Soil Nematodes with Rosy Smit, COABC Seminar Series 2010
• Commercial Organic Farms Have Better Fruit and Soil, Lower Environmental Impact, Study Finds (Science Daily)
• The connections between wheat cultivar choice, breadmaking quality and soil microbial communities (OACC)
• Dirt: Sustaining a Resource (Farm Focus)
• Farm Management Choice Can Benefit Fungi Key to Healthy Ecosystems (ScienceDaily)

• Hard Working Fungi Boost Crop Production (OACC)
• Hog manure lethal to nematodes - Add manure to areas with acidic soil and it can improve nematode control in potato fields
• Increasing mycorrhizal colonization with innoculants (OACC)
• Lowering Soil Erosion Risk in Organic Cropping Systems (OACC)
• Managing the Soil to Reduce Insect Pests (eXtension)
• Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
• Measures of Soil Biology and Biological Activity (eXtension)
• The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Organic Research Forum 2010
  • Disease Suppressive Soils and Composts: What does the Science Tell Us? Part 1 (PDF 1.7MB) & Part 2 (PDF 1.8MB)

• Organic Farming Methods Enhance Soil Organic Matter (OACC)
• Organic producers put the soil first
• Organic Vs. Conventional Farming: No Clear Answers from Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria Counts (ScienceDaily)
• Soil health in organic potato systems (OACC)
• Soil Life: Microbiology on the farm (Rodale)
• Using insects to assess soil quality (OACC)

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