2023 Soil Health Benchmark Tables for NYS
Table 1: PESH Benchmarks for New York (not including Long Island). PESH benchmarks may be refined as more data becomes available.
| 90th Percentile |
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| Cropping System | n | SOM | SOC | POXC | Protein | Resp | WAS | AWC |
| % | % | mg C/ kg | mg/g | mg CO2/g | % | g H2O/g | ||
| Coarse-Textured | ||||||||
| Annual Grain | 37 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 620 | 7.5 | 0.58 | 58.3 | 0.20 |
| Processing Veg | 20 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 603 | 7.7 | 0.60 | 43.9 | 0.23 |
| Dairy Crop | 29 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 954 | 9.4 | 0.85 | 71.6 | 0.24 |
| Mixed Veg | 29 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 900 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 69.1 | 0.24 |
| Orchard | 44 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 843 | 9.6 | 0.54 | 65.9 | 0.20 |
| Pasture | 16 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 735 | 9.6 | 0.87 | 86.1 | 0.28 |
| All | 175 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 836 | 11.0 | 0.78 | 72.2 | 0.23 |
| Loam | ||||||||
| Annual Grain | 209 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 757 | 7.2 | 0.69 | 44.5 | 0.24 |
| Processing Veg | 38 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 579 | 6.5 | 0.66 | 44.1 | 0.23 |
| Dairy Crop | 133 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 775 | 8.8 | 0.89 | 65.6 | 0.24 |
| Mixed Veg | 62 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 927 | 14.7 | 0.86 | 61.9 | 0.25 |
| Orchard | 51 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 731 | 9.0 | 0.76 | 68.3 | 0.23 |
| Pasture | 38 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 895 | 11.8 | 1.27 | 81.9 | 0.26 |
| All | 531 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 811 | 9.4 | 0.84 | 62.9 | 0.24 |
| Silt Loam | ||||||||
| Annual Grain | 79 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 856 | 11.4 | 0.87 | 70.1 | 0.30 |
| Processing Veg | 21 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 690 | 8.9 | 0.91 | 72.7 | 0.29 |
| Dairy Crop | 52 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 859 | 11.7 | 0.92 | 70.1 | 0.30 |
| Mixed Veg | 58 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 912 | 13.1 | 0.94 | 74.5 | 0.34 |
| Orchard | 48 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 834 | 12.1 | 1.08 | 72.3 | 0.34 |
| Pasture | 60 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 862 | 12.7 | 1.64 | 92.0 | 0.32 |
| All | 318 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 883 | 12.5 | 1.19 | 83.3 | 0.32 |
| Fine-Textured | ||||||||
| Annual Grain | 12 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 822 | 7.4 | 0.70 | 70.1 | 0.26 |
| Processing Veg | * | 4.7 | 2.8 | 822 | 7.4 | 0.70 | 72.7 | 0.26 |
| Dairy Crop | 23 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 924 | 8.8 | 0.80 | 70.1 | 0.26 |
| Mixed Veg | * | 5.1 | 3.3 | 924 | 8.8 | 0.80 | 74.5 | 0.26 |
| Orchard | * | 5.1 | 3.3 | 924 | 8.8 | 0.80 | 72.3 | 0.26 |
| Pasture | 4 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 857 | 12.6 | 1.63 | 92.0 | 0.26 |
| All | 37 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 913 | 8.9 | 1.06 | 84 | 0.26 |
Table 2: PESH Benchmarks for Long Island. These PESH Benchmarks for Long Island will be refined as more data becomes available.
| 90th Percentile |
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| Cropping System | n | SOM | SOC | POXC | Protein | Resp | WAS | AWC |
| % | % | mg C/ kg | mg/g | mg CO2/g | % | g H2O/g | ||
| Coarse-Textured | ||||||||
| Processing Veg | 25 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 482 | 5.2 | 0.35 | 27.8 | 0.21 |
| Mixed Veg | 46* | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1130 | 17.8 | 0.83 | 63.1 | 0.25 |
| Orchard | 9* | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1115 | 9.5 | 0.86 | 57.7 | 0.25 |
| Pasture | 28 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 773 | 11.0 | 0.90 | 54.5 | 0.20 |
| All | 108 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1039 | 14.8 | 0.82 | 56.5 | 0.25 |
| Loam | ||||||||
| Processing Veg | 10 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 535 | 6.4 | 0.40 | 24.7 | 0.22 |
| Mixed Veg | 26 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 769 | 10.4 | 0.53 | 39.7 | 0.24 |
| Orchard | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 594 | 10.3 | 0.64 | 48.2 | 0.26 |
| Pasture | 8* | 3.5 | 2.1 | 467 | 6.6 | 0.42 | 45.1 | 0.22 |
| All | 60 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 670 | 10.1 | 0.55 | 41.1 | 0.24 |
| Silt Loam | ||||||||
| Processing Veg | 13 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 828 | 11.1 | 0.55 | 32.0 | 0.27 |
| Mixed Veg | 38 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 694 | 9.0 | 0.60 | 38.9 | 0.28 |
| Orchard | 25 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 676 | 10.0 | 0.72 | 66.2 | 0.30 |
| Pasture | 20 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 687 | 11.1 | 0.77 | 83.5 | 0.31 |
| All | 96 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 696 | 10.4 | 0.71 | 70.2 | 0.29 |
Source: Amsili, J. P., van Es, H. M., Aller, D. M. & Schindelbeck, R. R. 2023. Empirical approach for developing production environment soil health benchmarks. Geoderma Regional, 34, e00672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00672.