Tag Archives: microbes

19Jun/24

Manure and Microbes: Are they the key to sustainable crop production?

June 19, 2024Manure, Soil Health2024, digital cafe, farmers, manure, manure and soil health, manure application, manure benefits, manure value, microbes, microbes in manure, new york, research, soil, soil amendments, soil health webinar, soil science, webinar, webinar seriesLeslie Johnson

This Digital Café featured Quirine Ketterings, leader of the NMSP, who shared the value of manure project and discoveries related to soil microbial health indicators thus far. This webinar was originally broadcasted June 19, 2024.

Illinois study shows universally positive effect of cover crops on soil microbiome

March 2, 2020Soil Healthagriculture, cover crops, farmers, farming, literature review, meta-analysis, microbes, microbial communities, soil healthLeslie Johnson

A meta-analysis of current cover crop research was done by researchers at the University of Illinois. They found that microbial abundance was up 27%, activity was up 22%, and diversity increased 2.5% when using cover cropsRead More…

04Oct/19

Is soil pore structure key to carbon storage?

October 4, 2019Soil Healthcarbon, carbon storage, microbes, research, soil carbon, soil health, stable carbon

Dr. Alexandra Kravchenko, Michigan State University professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences along with several of her colleagues discovered a new mechanism determining how carbon is stored in soils. A recent article in ScienceDaily drew attention her research findings published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.