Soil Health and New Soil Testing Methods
Webinar Details
When:
Feb 12, 2014 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:47 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Reviewed for Continued Content Relevance: 05/2017
Presenter(s):
- Rick Haney, Ph.D., Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX
- David Lamm, Team Leader, USDA NRCS National Soil Health and Sustainability Team, East National Technology Support Center, Greensboro, NC
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
This webinar, updated February 12, 2014, will give participants an overview of soil health and new soil testing tools for N-P-K that take into account the contribution of soil microbes, allowing producers to make informed nutrient management decisions, and it includes a discussion of the USDA NRCS Soil Health Nutrient Tool Project.
Participants will learn how soil microbes control nutrient availability to plants, and how management can influence this dynamic. The importance of carbon in the soil ecosystem, C:N ratios, limitations of traditional soil tests, and new methods for measuring the contribution of soil microbes to nutrient availability and cycling will be discussed.
The webinar is sponsored by the USDA NRCS National Soil Health and Sustainability Team and East National Technology Support Center.
A follow-up discussion of the Soil Health Nutrient Tool Project, including interpretation of test results, took place on August 14, 2014: View the on-demand recording (01:10 hh:mm; CEU credits do not apply; Adobe Connect; the first few minutes shares audio only).
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