Tag: infiltration
Protect the Soil Surface to Increase Water Infiltration
If you want your soil to take water faster, protect the surface with crop residues. This was shown in a classic study from 1940. F.L.…
Concentrate Organic Matter at Surface to Improve Soils
Researchers are finding, in the US and in many other countries, that concentrating soil organic matter in the top 2″ promotes several aspects of soil…
Using Crop Residues to get out of the Dammer Diking – Tillage Cycle
Farmers wanting to maintain more crop residue cover on their fields are often prevented from doing so by previous dammer diking. While dammer diking controls…