Organic Soil Amendments
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| What are some benefits of manure? | show 🗑
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| What are some problems with manure as a soil amendment? | show 🗑
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| What are some of the best management practices for manure? | show 🗑
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| What is composting? | show 🗑
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| show | horticultural and high value crops
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| What does composting provide? | show 🗑
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| When did land application of biosolids start happening and why? | show 🗑
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| What are some regulations the EPA has on land application? | show 🗑
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| show | Pollutants;
Human Pathogens;
Human disease vectors;
Pathogens;
Others
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| show | Heavy metals;
Industrial household chemicals
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| show | Insects;
Rodents
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| Pathogens | show 🗑
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| Others | show 🗑
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| What was the first and second benefit recognized for adopting no-till? | show 🗑
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| show | Saves water;
Reduces Erosion;
Less Fuel/Labor Costs;
Less equipment costs;
Less field prep time;
Increases soil quality;
Carbon sequestration;
Less dust, air pollution
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| What is some beneficial no-till equipment? | show 🗑
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| show | Minimize Disturbance;
Maximize Soil Cover;
Maximize Biodiversity;
Maximize Days w/ Living Roots
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| show | Transitional Period;
Slower to dry out;
Soil slower to warm;
Specialized planting equipment;
Nutrient Management Challenges;
Increased Diseases;
Pesticide Use;
Cand Furrow Irrigate
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| What are some keys to successful no-till? | show 🗑
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| show | Use little or no fallow;
use cover and deep rooted crops
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| What is traditional definition of cover crop? | show 🗑
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| What is today's definition of cover crop? | show 🗑
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| show | Adds organic matter
Increase water infiltration;
Reduce soil erosion;
Breakup soil compaction;
Increases soil biological activity;
Increases soil Nitrogen content (legumes);
Nutrient cycling (reduce nitrate leaching);
Nutrient pumping
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| Grazing | show 🗑
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| Other Cover Crop Benefits | show 🗑
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| When can you use cover crops? | show 🗑
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| After Wheat Harvest | show 🗑
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| show | Challenge of short growth period before freeze:
Longer periods after silage corn/seed corn;
Possible arial seeding before harvest
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| Early spring prior to seeding summer crop | show 🗑
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| show | Legumes;
Brassicas;
Grasses;
Other broadleaves
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| show | Increases Nitrogen in soils;
Low C:N ratio;
Beans, peas, vetches, clovers
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| show | Excellent nutrient cycling/residue decay;
Tremendous roots;
Frost hardy;
Radish, Turnip, Rapeseed (non-food canola)
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| show | Produce lots of dry matter;
Good for grazing;
High C:N ratios;
Oats, Rye, Triticale, Millets, Sudangrasses
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| Other Broadleaves | show 🗑
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| show | More consistent growth under various weather/field conditions;
Support greater variety of microbial activity in soils;
Different plant heights/canopies, thus better light utillzation;
Variety of crops provide more balanced grazing mixture for cattle
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| show | Legumes higher in protein;
Grasses higher in tons of feed;
Brassicas very good grazing
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| show | Grazing removes soil quality benefits - partial/mob grazing strategy;
Must be aware of herbicide carry-over impact on cover crop - herbicide restrictions on grazing;
Ways to reduce seed costs
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| Ways to reduce costs | show 🗑
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