Content tagged with soil

  • Cool Season Forages Management Liliane Silva, Forages Specialist, Clemson University

    In this blog post, Liliane Silva, Forage Specialist at Clemson University, outlines the steps for cool season forage management.

  • Managing Your Fields in the “Off” Season Joy Beam, King’s AgriSeeds

    Regular soil testing followed by liming and fertilizing according to recommendations is arguably the one management practice that will have the greatest long-term effect on production per acre.  It should be the first dollar spent when striving to maximize your land’s productivity, help your crops reach their potential, and optimize the cost-…

  • Reclaiming land: Successional Planting for Perennial Pasture Success Anonymous

    Reclaiming land to put into production is a multistep process. You have a valuable resource at your fingertips, but you have to be able to harness its potential and manage it to your advantage. If the land was forest or meadow for many years, it’s likely to be rich in organic matter and both above and below-ground biodiversity. The most likely…