AGENDA
Building soil organic carbon: our knowledge has changed: does management need to adapt?
- A new model for soil organic matter formation
- Importance of managing microbes--diet and location
- Demonstrations
Discussion: What does this change on the farm?
Long term studies on how management affects soil carbon sequestration in tilled row crops: what works, what doesn’t?
- Effectiveness of compost and cover crops in building carbon
- Importance of soil depth: looking beneath the surface
Discussion:
What does this change on the farm?
Kernza (perennial grain): one solution for getting carbon deep in soil?
- Tour of Russell Ranch kernza field trials: establishment and management
Tour of winter cover crop grazing trial
Discussion - comments and questions
Wrap up and evaluation
Workshop presenters: Rad Schmidt, Nicole Tautges, Kalyn Diederich, Kate Scow