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Soil Management (Agriculture)

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Soil is the foundation for profitable farming. Many things that can be wrong with soil (eg. poor nutrition, chemical imbalance, structural problems lack of drainage, microbial life etc). Often minor and relatively inexpensive treatments can make a huge difference to productivity. Soil problems should first be identified. Understanding soil theory and management practice are important to maintaining healthy growing environment.

Resources: OpenCourseware from USDA, CSUDH, Clemson, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford along with many of the World's finest University's.

Language: English

Professors: Michael Williams

Units: 31

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Soil Management Introduction
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
No Till economics
Infiltration Test
No till is good for Carbon sequestration
Lec 01 Building Soil Health
Soil Slake & Infiltration Test
Till vs No Till w/cover crop
Cotton & Corn (no till w/cover crop)
Corn Field (test sample plots)
Soil Biology: Lec 01 Soil Componets

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