Month: May 2018

Soil aggregation and earthworm, both good soil health indicators Soil crusts form a barrier at the soil surface – against oxygen and water from above, and emerging seedlings from beneath. A surface crust is more hard, compact, and brittle than the soil beneath it, which can be loose and friable. Certain soils are more prone…

By Joy Beam Summer Feast: 88% Wonderleaf Millet 12% T-Raptor Hybrid Brassica Diversity has certainly been one of the latest fads in forages: adding more and more species to your cover crop or pasture mix for increased production and soil health.  But past a certain point, more is not necessarily better, nor is it always…