Soil Management on Organic Farms

| Soils | Manure and Compost | Cover Crops |

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Factsheets and Infosheets

Soils - General

• Crop Rotation - The Key to Organic Farming, November 2002
• Payback from Good Soil Management, Mar 2008
• Planning a Crop Rotation, June 2006
• Roots: The Basis for Production, Sept 2008
• Simple Ways to Check the Health of Your Soil, October 2009
  
• Soil Health - Putting it to the Test in Ontario, March 2010
• Soil Management
  • The Soil Resource
    
  • Soil Health Check
    
  • Building a Healthy Soil
    
  • Reducing Losses of Organic Matter
    
  • Environmental Considerations
• Soil Compaction Danger, May 2011
• Weighing the cost of compaction, May 2011
  
• Soil Moisture Monitoring Tools , Jan 2008
• Stop Moving Soil! May 2010
  
• Wonderful Wind Protection!, July 2008

Soil Biology

• Be a Better Farmer: Understand the Living Soil
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Part 2 - Good Bug or Bad?
  • Part 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Part 4 - Those Wonderful Worms
• Beneficial Soil Insects for Orchards
• Influence of Agricultural Practices on Earthworm Populations
• Earthworms are Good - Right?
• The Soil Biology Primer

Soil Fertility

• Hot temperatures and not so hot nutrient disorders
• Just a Spoonful of Micro's Keeps Vegetables Movin' Along, May 2010
• Managing Crop Nutrients, BMP 20, Order number BMP20E
• Soil pH - when is high too high? March 2009
  
• Soil Testing and Maintaining Soil Fertility on Organic Farms, Oct 2008
• Sorting Out All Those Yellowing Leaves, Dec 2010
• Sources of Nitrogen For Organic Farms
• What About Micronutrients? June 2009

Manure and Composting

• Agricultural Composting Basics (Order No. 05-023)
• Art and Science of Composting (Wisconsin)
• Backyard Magic: The Composting Handbook
• CORNELL Composting Homepage (New York)
  • On-Farm Composting Handbook (NRAES-54)
• Composting Solid Manure (SK)
• Does Compost Need to be Turned?
• Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy (Order No. 05-021)
• Manures for Organic Crop Production (ATTRA)
• Manure Composting Manual (AB)
• Manure & Composting Research (OACC)
• Minimal Composting of Beef Cattle Manure Reduced Antibiotic Levels, Nov 2008
• Notes on Compost Teas
• Temporary Field Storage of Manure In Winter, May 2011
• Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Other Agricultural Source Material (Order No. 10-039)
  
• Vermicasting (or Vermicomposting): Processing Organic Wastes Through Earthworms (Order No. 10-009)
  

Cover Crops

• Choosing the Right Cover Crop, April 2009
• Don't Forget the Cover Crops! Nov 2010
• Growing Cover Crops for Nitrogen, Feb 2010
• Managing Cover Crops Profitability, 3rd Edition, August 2008
• Michigan Cover Crops
• Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC)
  • Midwest Cover Crops Council Cover Crop Decision Tool
• Some Tips for Cover Crop Planting, Establishment and Management , August 2006
• Cover crops for nematode Suppression
  • Cover Crops to Reduce Nematodes, Feb 2010
  • Time to Plant Warm Season Cover Crops for Nematode Control, June 2006
  • Not All Nematode Suppressing Cover Crops are Created Equal , Sept 2006
• No-Till Organic Roller/Crimper research
  • Rodale
  • Michigan

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