Soil and water

Managing soil health is important for both crop production and your local watershed.

• Soil organic matter in cropping systems
• Soil biology
• Soil compaction and wet soils
• Can soil health tests determine fertilizer needs?

Consider planting cover crops. They can provide many benefits to a cropping system, including improved soil health.

The Minnesota Office for Soil Health has more resources on soil health and soil and water conservation.

What is tillage? 

• History of tillage and tillage research
• Tillage implements, purpose and ideal use
• Reducing tillage intensity
• Economics of tillage

Other tillage topics

• On-farm comparison: Conservation tillage systems
• Fall tillage in wet soil conditions