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Vertical Gardens Beat Soil Made Salty by Climate Change
2015-01-30 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The soil in Knolkhol village in southwest Bangladesh has become increasingly salty because of incursions of seawater. The situation became particularly acute in the aftermath of Cyclone Aila in 2009, which brought storm surges that broke embankments and flooded farmland. After 2009 vegetable crops planted in the ground there yielded only meager returns--if they didn't fail completely. But for the past three years hundreds of villagers have enjoyed the bounty of so-called vertical gardens--essentially...
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Soilworks, A Leader In Dust Control And Soil Stabilization, Moves Its World Headquarters To Scottsdale
2015-01-05 05:54:10| pollutiononline Home Page
Soilworks,the industry leader in dust control and soil stabilization technology, is relocating its world headquarters to Scottsdale, the company announced today
Signs of healthy soil
2014-12-23 21:37:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Abbey Wick, NDSU Extension soil health specialist, talked about the signs of healthy soil at the Conservation Tillage Conference in December. She says the presence of soil aggregates is a good indicator of healthy soil, as well as earth worms. The color of soil reflects the amount of organic matter, Wick says, noting that lighter soil has less organic matter. read more
No-till can help save beneficials in your soil
2014-12-23 20:50:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
The case for no-till keeps on building. Tillage is increasingly viewed as destructive to soil structure and detrimental to root colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), an important player in supplying plants with phosphorous. AMF is also credited with production of glomalin, the glue that holds soil aggregates together. read more
Building soil organic carbon has value to crops
2014-12-23 20:27:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Life in the soil may be more complex than you think. "Planning cropping strategies to build carbon is the next step," says Doug Hanson, who farms with his father and uncle in northeastern Illinois. "Improving carbon is a big part of the biological side of no-till and now cover crops. As a producer, carbon hasn't been something I've focused on, but we need to start asking more questions about it." read more
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