Soil Health News Roundup
New research, farm profile, tool for quantifying soil health benefits, Cornell CALS dean brings soil health expertise, and more!
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!
Climate change and land use are accelerating soil erosion by water
This new research paper has used the latest projections of climate and land use change to assess global soil erosion rates by water over the period 2015-70.
National survey documents a wide range of cover crop benefits
Cover crops improve yield and profit, and help with weed control and early planting, new survey shows.
Cover crop roots are an essential key to understanding ecosystem services
New York Soil Health extension associate Joseph Amsili spearheaded this cover crop research when he was a graduate student at Penn State. His study advances our understanding of the linkages between root traits and the services cover crops provide.
Quick listen with Rattan Lal who won the World Food Prize this year
Rattan Lal, an Indian-born scientist, has devoted his career to finding ways to capture carbon from the air and store it in soil.