Events

August 20-21, 2008 - The Annual Soil Building Workshop  will be held at Morgan Composting in Sears, MI.

This year's event, titled Innovations to Build Soils to Feed Sustainable Communities, will take place from 9:00 - 4:00 each day. Through soil building, marketing, and equipment presentations, we will explore ways that farmers can sustainably expand their production. The first day will focus on vegetable production, and the second will focus on field crop production. For more information, see the flyer, the press release, or our detailed program.

Register online! Or, if you prefer, you may register by mail using the form found in the event flyer.

Resources

Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual New York State Agriculture Experiment Station.

Interactive Soil Test Recommendation Program by Darryl Warncke  Please contact Dr. Warncke with any suggestions for this program's improvement: warncke@msu.edu

Testing your Soil for the Needed Nutrients  MSU Soil and Plant Nutrient Laboratory

Soil Analysis  How to test  your soil

Building Soils Organically: Is This a Moving Target? by Sieglinde Snapp This study shows the importance of soil building

How Much Carbon can be Sequestered by Organic-based Cropping Systems in MI Soils? by Alexandra Kravchenko A study conducted to find affects of carbon in organic systems

Perennial Wheat: A New Crop for Michigan? by Brook Wilke A new crop that can be used as a cover crop and for wheat production

Nutrient Management Using Cover Crops by Darryl Warncke This presentation was given at the 2008 Cover Crop Workshop at the Kellogg Biological Station