We WANT Healthy Soil.....
We define soil health as how well soil does what we want it to do! Makes sense, right? We all want clean air and water, bountiful crops and forests, productive grazing lands, diverse wildlife, and beautiful landscapes. This is exactly what health soil helps to produce! Today, more farmers are managing for soil health by disturbing their soil as little as possible, growing as many different species of plants as practical, keeping living plants in the soil as often as possible, and keeping the soil covered constantly. Soil is life. It is a living and life-giving substance and without it, we would not survive.
Our world population continues to grow, which further provides challenges because that means food production demands rise. So keeping our soil healthy and as productive as possible is of great importance. With this challenge, it is imperative we provide our farmers, ranchers, developers and so many more aware of how to use best management practices and tools to best help soil health and ensure that as many people as we can reach understand the basics and benefits of soil health so that proper use will continue throughout the days to come.
Our world population continues to grow, which further provides challenges because that means food production demands rise. So keeping our soil healthy and as productive as possible is of great importance. With this challenge, it is imperative we provide our farmers, ranchers, developers and so many more aware of how to use best management practices and tools to best help soil health and ensure that as many people as we can reach understand the basics and benefits of soil health so that proper use will continue throughout the days to come.
Our partner with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has a great campaign called "Unlock the Secrets in Soil" with a various pages focused on soil health, fertility and so much more. Access this information at the following link:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/oh/soils/health/