Presentations
Soil and Water Management
Wed, Dec 13, 2017
9:00am to 9:50am
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Wed, Dec 13, 2017
2:00pm to 2:50pm
Soil Health Tests: How Useful are they on Indiana Croplands?
Please note that this presentation will be given by: Eileen Kladivko and Stacy Zuber, Purdue University
New commercial soil health tests aim to provide knowledge of soil biological, chemical, and physical properties of soils, to assist farmers in improving overall soil productivity. We evaluated these tests on 24 Indiana farm fields, to determine their usefulness in distinguishing different management systems and monitoring changes over time. We will discuss the pluses and minuses of these tests and offer some logical next steps for further development and testing.
Speakers
Eileen Kladivko
Dr. Eileen J. Kladivko is Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, where she teaches and does research in soil physics, soil biology, and soil management. Her overall research focus has been to identify soil management systems that improve environmental quality and promote agricultural sustainability. She is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. She is a founding member of the Midwest Cover Crops Council and an active member of the Executive Committee.
Stacy Zuber
Stacy Zuber earned her Crop Sciences M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and is currently a post-doctoral research assistant at Purdue University. Her research focuses on how agronomic management practices, including cover crops, crop rotation, and tillage, impact soil health.