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Improving Soil Health Series

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Flexible learning Short Course Online

Overview

We, in agriculture, depend on good soil health and good soil health depends on us. Taking the time to assess soils, understand how different components work and implement a soil management plan is fundamental to achieving better land management. This supports profitable farming and helps protect the environment. These online courses from BASIS Classroom cover all aspects of soil management, providing technical and practical advice, all in one place. Focused on UK arable soils, you will be provided with key background information and details to carry out soil assessment techniques, create a soil management plan, learn the details behind soil organic matter, soil structure and soil biology and discuss practical measures and practices to improve soil health in each of these key areas.

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Improving Soil Health Series

This practical course covers the following content:

At a glance

  • Creating a Soil Management Plan – A Practical Guide; includes soil physics, soil chemistry, soil biology, soil risk assessments and soil management planning.
  • Increasing Soil Biology – A Practical Guide; includes the components of soil biology, bacteria, fungi, protists, mites and nematodes, higher trophic levels, what soil biology needs, how to test and measure soil biology and techniques to increase soil biology.
  • Improving Soil Structure – A Practical Guide; includes soil types, soil structure, soil aggregate stability, bulk density, porosity, soil biology and chemistry, managing soil structure and cover crops.
  • Boosting Soil Organic Matter – A Practical Guide; includes what is soil organic matter, key functions of soil organic matter, measuring organic matter and practical methods to improve soil organic matter
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