Standard soil testing provides a valuable framework for assessing fertility in some fields but may fail to provide the full picture in others. Emerging soil health indicators of active organic matter can provide valuable insight into the biological health of a soil. This research takes advantage of three pre-existing statewide soybean projects that are now complete with archived soils. It measures three key soil health indicators to determine low, medium and high values for three emerging soil health indicators from soils across the state and to determine the role that soil health indicators play in soybean productivity.
Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents