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Re: Managing soil fertility
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Subject: Re: Managing soil fertility
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From: NPSAS@pol.org (NP Sustainable Ag)
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:33:37 -0500
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Article: 13936 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: Prairie Online
Joel and all on soil quality testing--
The Carrington (ND) Research Extension Center just completed a three
year multi-state project looking for user-friendly soil quality
measures. One of the things developed was a soil testing kit that
included ways of testing biological activity, infiltration rates, as
well as nutrients. I'm not a scientist, so I can't give you details.
One of the goals was to give farmers a tool to see whether their
management practices were improving soil quality.
Contact the Carrington station, 701-652-2951, and ask for John Gardner.
Those of you within university systems maybe able to track down his
email address--I don't have it. He's superintendent of the Carrington
Research Extension Center, part of North Dakota State University.
Sue Retka Schill
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society.