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Soil Organic Matter
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/soil-organic-matter
Overview Increased soil organic matter provides numerous related benefits to soil health. enhances ... your soil's ability to absorb water, leading to less water stress during both dry and wet periods ... provides better conditions and a food source for soil biota, leading to improved biodiversity; enhances ...
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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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Quality Assurance Test Out Date
https://butler.osu.edu/events/quality-assurance-test-out-date
categories for the test (12-14) and (15-18). There are 50 multiple choice questions in each age category and ... Assurance Test Out Date Test Out Date: Monday, January 26, 2021 Test Time: 6:30 ... the 2021 county fair. Your animal species will determine if you take the Small Animal test or the ...
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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 ... soils and water quality. Key Strategies Minimal disturbance – Using fewer tillage events, or at least ... lighter ones, will keep soil aggregates intact to slow the breakdown of organic matter and help prevent ...
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Drainage
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/drainage
Overview Many Ohio soils have heavy clay contents which can lead to slow drainage and standing ... matter. Increased soil organic matter enhances your soil's ability to absorb water, leading to less ... other stable organic materials. Grow and incorporate a high biomass cover crop. Add a perennial crop to ...
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Quality Assurance Test-Out
https://butler.osu.edu/events/quality-assurance-test-out-6
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Advanced Soil Health Systems Training for Indiana USDA-NRCS
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/advanced-soil-health-systems-training-indiana-usda-nrcs
healthy is my soil? In-field use of OSU Soil Health Test Kits to measure CEC, Active carbon, Aggregate ... farmers and demonstrated several soil health field tests. On the second and third day (Advanced soil ... knowledge and skills. In-Field Soil Health Assessment Worksheet, Pit Fall Trap Assessments, Soil Health Test ...
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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
sort of soil health package, typically made up of tests that reflect biological, chemical and physical ... components of the soil. Some of these tests have been around for some time, while others are relatively new. ... But as a farmer, how do you make sense of all these new soil tests, and what they mean for your ...
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Emily Masters
https://butler.osu.edu/people/emily-kahrs
county, state, and national levels. Emily graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in ...
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The Ginkgo- A tree with lots of reasons to recommend it
https://butler.osu.edu/news/ginkgo-tree-lots-reasons-recommend-it
beautiful specimen trees. Even though they have leaves, they are the only living link between ferns and ... alkaline and acid compacted soils and will withstand drought, salted roads, wind and even fire. But do not ... transplanted and have a slow to medium growth rate depending on cultural conditions. They cast light to ...