Study helps farmers decide on best plan of action
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The Soil Health Institute held its annual meeting where speakers shared the newest information gathered from studies across the country.
The Soil Health Institute held its annual meeting where speakers shared the newest information gathered from studies across the country.
Archie Flanders, Ph.D., spoke on behalf of the institute about the economic outcomes of implementing soil health practices.
He looked at practices used on both farms and long-term research sites to help fill in information gaps for farmers when considering whether or not to adopt these practices.
“We see in the U.S. that 37 percent of planted acres are with no-till practices and 35 percent is with reduced till practices,” he began. “With what we call conservation practices, we can see that 72 percent of the acres are with this practice.”
Their approach to filling the information gap is two-pronged. First, they developed a survey questionnaire to collect information from a farmer’s perspective.
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