Best Management Practices: Soil Management

Table of Contents

• Understanding the Basics
  • Introduction
  • Soil Physical Properties
  • Soil Chemical Properties
  • Soil Biological Properties
  • Soils Information and Interpretation
• Putting It All Together
  • Soil Structure
  • Erosion
  • Other Soil Management Problems
  • Best Management Practices for Soil

This site contains excerpts from the Best Management Practices, Soil Management book.
The published version can be ordered by following the link below. It is free to farmers.

For more detailed information on Soil Management practices, refer to the following documents:

• The Planning and Maintenance of an Erosion Control System, OMAFRA Factsheet 97-015
• Water and Sediment Control Basins, OMAFRA Factsheet 89-167
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards, OMAFRA Factsheet 92-120
• Grassed Waterways, OMAFRA Factsheet 94-039
• Gully Erosion Control, OMAFRA Factsheet 88-059
• Water and Sediment Control Basins, OMAFRA 89-167
• The Health of Our Soils: Toward Sustainable Agriculture in Canada, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Preserving the Soil Resource
• The Soil Biology Primer

The production of the BMP series of books has been a cooperative effort of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

Related Links

• The Planning and Maintenance of an Erosion Control System, OMAFRA Factsheet 97-015
• Water and Sediment Control Basins, OMAFRA Factsheet 89-167
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards, OMAFRA Factsheet 92-120
• Grassed Waterways, OMAFRA Factsheet 94-039
• Gully Erosion Control, OMAFRA Factsheet 88-059
• Water and Sediment Control Basins, OMAFRA Factsheet 89-167
• The Health of Our Soils: Toward Sustainable Agriculture in Canada, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• The Soil Biology Primer
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• Publications Ontario - BMP Ordering
• Best Management Practices - Series Information
• Field Crop Production - Acknowledgements