During mud season, talk about Soil Health
March 27, 2019
Right now, more than ever, mud is on your mind. It’s on your boots and your clothes. Mud, also known as soil, and how to best manage it is the highlight of our spring Women in Dairy meetings on April 10.
Soil health is important to sustain plants and animals. By imagining soil as living, it helps understand its complexity. Management practices can change the soil and improve:
• Forage quantity
• Forage quality
• Resilience to drought
Emerging research has looked at the impact of the soil microbiome on the productivity of our soils. Drexel Atkisson, USDA-NRCS Soil Health Specialist, knows all about your mud. “Your management can change the building blocks of your soil,” says Akisson.
“I know seeing how rainfall travels through different soil types will change how you view your mud,” says Reagan Bluel, MU Extension dairy specialist. “The hands-on wet lab performed by Atkisson will show it all.”
Ways to best manage your soil’s life will be discussed on April 10th in Conway. Lunch is included at no fee, thanks to our sponsors. Call the University of Missouri Extension of Barry Co to RSVP at (417) 847-3161.
Women in Dairy began in 2016 and meets on the second Wednesday of the month to learn and fellowship.
To learn more about the group, visit our Facebook page: @MOWomenInDairy or website: http://extension.missouri.edu/barry/women-in-dairy.aspx.
Right now, more than ever, mud is on your mind. It’s on your boots and your clothes. Mud, also known as soil, and how to best manage it is the highlight of our spring Women in Dairy meetings on April 10.
Soil health is important to sustain plants and animals. By imagining soil as living, it helps understand its complexity. Management practices can change the soil and improve:
• Forage quantity
• Forage quality
• Resilience to drought
Emerging research has looked at the impact of the soil microbiome on the productivity of our soils. Drexel Atkisson, USDA-NRCS Soil Health Specialist, knows all about your mud. “Your management can change the building blocks of your soil,” says Akisson.
“I know seeing how rainfall travels through different soil types will change how you view your mud,” says Reagan Bluel, MU Extension dairy specialist. “The hands-on wet lab performed by Atkisson will show it all.”
Ways to best manage your soil’s life will be discussed on April 10th in Conway. Lunch is included at no fee, thanks to our sponsors. Call the University of Missouri Extension of Barry Co to RSVP at (417) 847-3161.
Women in Dairy began in 2016 and meets on the second Wednesday of the month to learn and fellowship.
To learn more about the group, visit our Facebook page: @MOWomenInDairy or website: http://extension.missouri.edu/barry/women-in-dairy.aspx.
