Soil Health
Healthy soils are crucial to production agriculture. Many issues that face North Dakota includes soil salinity, erosion, fertility, sodicity, and water management. The NDSU Area Specialist/Soil Health helps producers improve their soil resources through research based educational workshops, one-on-one consultations, presentations, and articles.
Recent educational activities include: Soil Salinity Field Day, 4-H/FFA Land Judging, several soil pits, and County Agent Trainings.
Past research projects included: cover cropping, evaluating plant salinity tolerances, salinity mitigation through cropping and drainage systems, soil disturbance reclamation (pipeline), and various fertility trials.
A Comparison of Three Garden Soil Test Kits and a Certified Soil Testing Lab
Beet Lime Impacts on Spring Wheat
Salinity Soil Management via Perennial Cropping Systems
Soil Disturbance Impacts on Spring Wheat Yield and Quality
