by Woods End | 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 Woods End | 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...
by Woods End | Aug 27, 2018
Soil health testing is certainly popular, but much less popular should be scoring everyone against the same yardstick – despite the location. Presently, that’s common practice with labs offering soil health tests according to Woods End Lab. A new approach...
by Woods End | Apr 12, 2018
How do Organic Farming Systems compare with Conventional when it comes to soil biology? Data shows the differences in % of biologically-managed farms compared to conventional, as defined by the study authors. FIBL (Switzerland) and University Wageningen...
by Woods End | Jul 4, 2017
Soil health testing may well have come about due to events 40 years ago this summer. In 1977, The Ministry of Agriculture of Baden-Württemberg (Germany) released a definitive study which compared conventional farming methods with “biological” – defined as farms...
