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ecmn | Principles of soil health aren't buzz words, and isn't something of "what it means to me" very basic 5 guidelines that are pretty easy to understand. How you implement them is up to your context.
I love southern people who are "to cold" I live in the part of the state that most don't even know we can farm.
By following the Principles to the best I can for my farm I immediately saw a reduction of erosion and runoff. No longer have a need to tile some spots I thought I wanted to, water doesn't move like it used to.
After a couple of years I no longer had mud in the spring or fall to deal with, compared to myself a field under full till vs soil health I can get onto that field sooner in the spring or after a rain.
Also the first field I started on it has proved the fallacy of retail phosphorus and PH. By implementing soil health and "mining " the field the phosphorus has stayed the same, so had the PH.
By learning more about nutrient management I haven't used fungicide for several years now and plants are getting better looking.
Also some of the ground I picked up is pretty poor, soil health and nutrient management is starting to bring them to life and crops are slowly getting better.
Hard to yield check a " I tried no till once" to a system that you have been investing into and fine tuning your whole life. Yield doesn't determine success or failure
We should be checking soil structure, infiltration, runoff, compaction, CO 2 burst, disease/insect pressures.... | |
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"Soil Health" principles
