What Do Recent Discoveries Mean for Soil Management?

Researchers have been measuring inputs to the soil and outputs, the change in soil organic matter levels, for a long time. It is only recently that they have begun to figure out the details of what happens in the black box between.

November 23, 2022

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What do recent discoveries regarding soil biology and soil organic matter mean for soil management? Something between “this changes everything” and “nothing new.”

Science is slow. It will take some time to confirm everything and see if it translates to field practices.
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For more information, here is a recent Washington State Extension publication on the topic, Understanding and Measuring Organic Matter in Soil.