Feeding the World Part 2: A Tale of Two Worlds
By Lee Rinehart, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In the first blog in this series, I wrote about the feed the world narrative and how it is used to divert attention from […]
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Slump Test for Assessing Aggregate Stability in Agricultural Soils
/in Soil, VideoHealthy soils hold water and prevent nutrients from running off into surface water and groundwater. In this video, Lisa Blazure of the Pennsylvania Soil Health Coalition and NCAT Sustainable Agriculture […]
Rainfall Simulator: How Farming Practices Affect Soil Stability and Water Infiltration
/in Soil, VideoIn this video, Bill Chain of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation discusses production practices on five soil types with the help of a rainfall simulator. NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Lee Rinehart […]
Pasture Composition Monitoring with the Point Step Method
/in Soil, VideoPasture plant-composition monitoring is an important part of grazing-management planning. Yearly monitoring will help graziers measure the changes in plant communities that accrue from past management practices. In this video, […]
Measuring Water Infiltration in Agricultural Soils
/in Soil, VideoWhether they’re experiencing drought or heavy rains, farmers and graziers know that healthy soils retain water better than depleted soils. Soil aggregation creates porous space, which ensures that rainfall stays […]
Soil Aggregation and Assessing Pasture Soil Structure with a Simple Field Test
/in Soil, VideoSoil aggregate stability is a measure of how well soil particles stick together and facilitate air and water movement in soils. In this video, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Lee Rinehart […]
Episode 279. Patrick O’Neill on the Many Sides of Soil Health
/in Podcast, SoilIn this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Martin Guerena, who works out of NCAT’s office in Davis, California, has a conversation with Patrick O’Neill of […]
Soil Health for Watersheds: How Can Federal Agencies Help?
/in Soil, VideoIn this session of the National Center for Appropriate Technology’s second Soil Health Innovations Conference in March 2022, panelists from several federal agencies, a state conservation commission, and an innovative […]
Healthy Foundations for Wicked Problems
/in Blog, Climate SolutionsBy Elise Haschke, Climate Smart Agriculture Coordinator, and Darron Gaus, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist The word wicked has multiple meanings, depending on whether you are a New Englander or a priest. In […]
Slump Test for Assessing Aggregate Stability in Agricultural Soils
/in Soil, VideoHealthy soils hold water and prevent nutrients from running off into surface water and groundwater. In this video, Lisa Blazure of the Pennsylvania Soil Health Coalition and NCAT Sustainable Agriculture […]
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