by Will Brinton | Apr 6, 2021
Woods End Labs to offer an enhanced range of soil health, microbiology and precision ag products and services. Woods End Labs, an early pioneer in soil and compost quality research, will integrate with A&L Canada Laboratories, and Deveron Corp. to create a new,...
by Will Brinton | Dec 18, 2020
Soil health is a popular concept, often promoted as “regenerative” farming or “carbon farming” and more, yet it is traceable to very early challenges to conventional farming which triggered the new field. At the recent 2020 Soil Sci Society meetings, Will...
by Will Brinton | May 11, 2020
Soil tests to examine soil health first arose half a century ago as the new alternative farming movement put pressure on scientists to allow scrutinizing farming systems for potentially deleterious soil effects. But how much does soil testing itself cause deleterious...
by Will Brinton | Feb 11, 2020
Many persons have recently discovered soil biology at hand of simple demonstration tests – a “popular” one being “soil my undies”, where a pair of briefs are buried randomly in soil and unearthed a little later to see to what extent the...
by Will Brinton | Jan 11, 2019
Tillage is an increasing topic of discussion. Organic is viewed as largely a tillage based system where cultural and mechanical tools include frequent cultivation and often intensive rototilling for weed control. These practices are increasingly criticized as causing...
