Soil Management on Organic Farms

| Soils | Manure and Compost | Cover Crops |

Factsheets and Infosheets

Soils

• A Quick Primer on Soils - Part A, May 2006
• Be a Better Farmer: Understand the Living Soil
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Part 2 - Good Bug or Bad?
  • Part 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Part 4 - Those Wonderful Worms
• Beneficial Soil Insects for Orchards
• Crop Rotation - The Key to Organic Farming, November 2002
• Fertility Management in Organic Crop Systems
• Frequently Asked Questions About Earthworms
• Influence of Agricultural Practices on Earthworm Populations
• Is Base Saturation more than just BS? , June 2004
• Managing Crop Nutrients, BMP 20, Order number BMP20E
• Payback from Good Soil Management, Mar 2008
• Planning a Crop Rotation, June 2006
• Roots: The Basis for Production, Sept 2008
• Simple Ways to Check the Health of Your Soil, October 2009
  
• Soil Health Internet Portal
• Soil Management
  • The Soil Resource
    
  • Soil Health Check
    
  • Building a Healthy Soil
    
  • Reducing Losses of Organic Matter
    
  • Environmental Considerations
• Soil pH - when is high too high? March 2009
  
• Soil Moisture Monitoring Tools , Jan 2008
• Soil Testing and Maintaining Soil Fertility on Organic Farms, Oct 2008
• Sources of Nitrogen For Organic Farms
• The Soil Biology Primer
• Thinking About Soil Fungi, Sept 2005
• What About Micronutrients? June 2009
• Wonderful Wind Protection!, July 2008

Manure and Composting

• Agricultural Composting Basics (Order No. 05-023)
• Art and Science of Composting (Wisconsin)
• CORNELL Composting Homepage (New York)
  • On-Farm Composting Handbook (NRAES-54)
• Composting Solid Manure (SK)
• Does Compost Need to be Turned?
• Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy (Order No. 05-021)
• Manures for Organic Crop Production (ATTRA)
• Manure Composting Manual (AB)
• Manure & Composting Research (OACC)
• Minimal Composting of Beef Cattle Manure Reduced Antibiotic Levels, Nov 2008
• Notes on Compost Teas
• Backyard Magic: The Composting Handbook
• Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Prescribed Materials (Order No. 05-009)

Cover Crops

• Building Your Soil’s Production Capacity with Cover Crops , April 2008
• Choosing the Right Cover Crop, April 2009
• Considering Cover Crops - Fall Nitrogen Capture, June 2003
• Learn from the Cover Cropping in Vegetable Systems Tour held June 12 in Michigan, July 2008
• Managing Cover Crops Profitability, 3rd Edition, August 2008
• Michigan Cover Crops
• New Cover Crop Information Site Launched! Oct 2008
  • Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC)
• Not All Nematode Suppressing Cover Crops are Created Equal , Sept 2006
• Still Looking for a Way to Make Cover Crops Pay, July 2005
• Some Tips for Cover Crop Planting, Establishment and Management , August 2006
• Time to Plant Warm Season Cover Crops for Nematode Control, June 2006

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