Mark MeasuresJan 28, 20191 minSoil analysis and management: final reportI have finally completed the report following my travels, visiting farmers, advisers and researchers in the USA, Denmark and Switzerland....
Mark MeasuresJan 203 minMonitoring soil organic matterNRM Carbon Check soil analysis service NRM is now offering a new Carbon check soil analysis service https://mcusercontent.com/2e76cfe9c55...
Mark MeasuresJun 17, 20202 minCarbon sequestration, soil management and climate changeWe are learning as we go along and the latest research adds to the knowledge available when I wrote my blog on Soil Organic Matter and Cl...
Mark MeasuresMay 21, 20201 minManaging soil nutrients in organic vegetable productionA fine crop of organic onions grown from seed. There has much debate recently about the use of green waste compost as a surface mulch for...
Mark MeasuresMay 13, 20204 minTo plough, or not to plough?Soil cultivations: ploughing, non-inversion tillage and soil quality Ploughing has received bad press in organic farming circles due to t...
Mark MeasuresJan 24, 20201 minDelivering on net zero: Scottish AgricultureAn interesting report has just been published by WWF Scotland, produced by Nic Lampkin and colleagues , which identifies the potential f...
MarkDec 10, 20192 minDo you analyse your soil?I was shocked to hear our Soil Association inspector tell me recently that less than 20% of farms provided soil analysis results at inspe...
MarkDec 10, 20195 minSoil and healthSoil Health “The health of soil, plant, animal and human is one and invisible”. That is a very profound statement, indeed in a world wher...
Mark MeasuresDec 10, 20192 minDo you analyse your soils regularly?I was shocked to hear our Soil Association inspector tell me recently that less than 20% of farms provided soil analysis results at inspe...
Mark MeasuresMay 22, 20191 minSoil Nutrient Management workshop 12th. JulyI will be running a workshop based on the Churchill Fellowship on 12th July, near Newbury. It will include a discussion on the different ...
Mark MeasuresFeb 27, 20193 minManaging a living soilSoil Farmer of the Year 2018: Simon Cowell Half a day with Simon recently showed me a level of understanding of soil and its management t...
Mark MeasuresOct 3, 20182 minSoil and Sustainable Development Goalshttps://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510654253 In 2015, the UN formulated seventeen global Sustainable Development G...
Mark MeasuresAug 23, 20183 minThe Nexus of Soils, Plants, Animals and Human HealthSingh, B.R., McLaughlin, M.J., Brevik, E.C. (eds) 2017 The Nexus of Soils, Plants, Animals and Human Health Catena-Schweizerbart, Stuttga...
Mark MeasuresJul 20, 20189 minSoil Organic Matter and its role in climate change mitigationSoil Organic Matter and its role in climate change mitigation Soil organic matter (SOM) is the focus of much attention in both organic fa of the subsequent cereal crop (spring oats) in an organically managed long-term crop rotation experiment...
Mark MeasuresJul 13, 20187 minSwitzerland: does organic farming enhance soil fertility?“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soil?” Edward Goff, organic dairy farmer, with acknowledgment...
Mark MeasuresJun 8, 20181 minSoil management conferenceWorld Wide Agriculture Conference on soil management including a focus on Albrecht Base Cation Saturation Ratio analysis and management U...
Mark MeasuresJun 7, 20188 minSoil management in DenmarkSoil Management in Denmark My travels took me to Denmark because the country has a highly developed agriculture research and advisory bas...
Mark MeasuresJan 5, 20183 minIncreasing Profits With Regenerative Agriculture ACRES USA presentation“We know we know so little about soil bacteria, but what we think we know might not even be correct” John Kempf. Summary John Kempf. An A...
Mark MeasuresDec 22, 20172 minNeil Kinsey on drought managementFertility for growing under dry conditions Notes from a conference presentation. “Upon this handful of soil our survival depends”-- Sansk...
Mark MeasuresDec 21, 20174 minSoil Analysis Methods in the USASoil Analysis Methods used in the USA: a summary “To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.”– Leonardo da Vin...
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