2021
Expanding Soil Health Testing Research & Outreach
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Ohio Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Steve Culman, The Ohio State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
21-R-13
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Ohio Soybean Council
$26,000
Institution Funded:
The Ohio State University
$26,000
Brief Project Summary:
This effort builds on current work to expand soil health testing infrastructure in Ohio and provide wide-scale extension programming for Ohio grain farmers. It offers free soil health testing to Ohio soybean farmers who enroll in eFields, an OSU Extension initiative of on-farm research. The project also continues to develop outreach and educational materials on soil health, namely 8-10 high quality videos exploring a variety of topics.
Key Beneficiaries:
#agronomists, #extension agents, #farmers
Unique Keywords:
#soil fertility, #soil health
Information And Results
Project Summary

We propose to will build on current work to expand soil health testing infrastructure in Ohio and provide wide-scale extension programming for Ohio grain farmers. We will offer free soil health testing to Ohio soybean farmers who enroll in eFields, an OSU Extension initiative of on-farm research. We will also continue to develop outreach and educational materials on soil health, namely 8-10 high quality videos exploring a variety of topics. The specific objectives of this proposal are to: i) Provide free soil health testing to cooperating eFields farmers, ii) Create a series of succinct, high quality soil health indicator videos.

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Benefit To Soybean Farmers

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.