New imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales
The Earth’s soils contain more than three times the amount of carbon than is found in the atmosphere, but the processes that bind carbon in the soil are still not well understood.
Biochar Webinar Series – recordings now available
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County hosted a webinar series on biochar in November 2020. Links to the recordings are provided in this post.
Worm-like, soil-swimming robots to measure crop underworld
Cornell researchers are teaming up to develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, the soil microbiome and how roots grow.
Calculating emissions of three major U.S. crops: corn, soybeans and wheat
Cornell researchers Peter Woodbury and Dominic Woolf have developed a calculator (for corn, soy and wheat crops) to quantify how soil health management practices can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in crop production.
Soil Health News Roundup
New research, farm profile, tool for quantifying soil health benefits, Cornell CALS dean brings soil health expertise, and more!
$2M grant supports more sustainable path for organic farmers
A new project, “Taking Tillage Out Of Organic Grain Crop Production With Ecology, Tools, And Technology,” launched this fall. Matt Ryan, also with New York Soil Health, is one of the project directors.
Northeast Cover Crops Council’s 2021 Video Contest
Show off your latest cover crop planting/project at our first ever Virtual Conference on March 4, 2021. Get filming this fall! Upon submittal, your video will be entered into our Cover Crop Video Contest where Conference attendees will vote on their favorite videos during the event!
2020 Empire Farm Days Soil Health Center Videos Now Available
Recordings from this year’s 2020 Empire Farm Days’ Soil Health Center include all the presentations, panels and demonstrations. The program was coordinated by New York Soil Health and the New York State Interagency Soil Health Working Group.
New York Soil Health kicks off a second round of training for Practical Soil Health Specialists
New York Soil Health has announced the selection of 23 participants for the 2020-2021 Practical Soil Health Specialist Program, to train private and public agricultural service providers working with farmers and farmland owners to promote healthy soil.
Striking pay dirt: Cornell soil soars to the space station
Morgan Irons, a doctoral student working with Johannes Lehmann, has prepared Cornell soil and biochar samples to compare their performance with hydroponic planting systems in the International Space Station (ISS).