Bring Your Own Soil to Determine Soil Texture
February 25, 2025 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Registration Deadline: February 25, 2025 - 08:00AM
Zoom
Contact: Vicki Morrone
Soil health is so important to grow healthy crops but can be the most challenging aspect of farming. Soil tests are important to know how many nutrients are in the soil and what to add. But soil texture is also very critical to good soil management. Soil texture is the amount of sand, silt and clay in your soil. This impacts how well it holds water and drains, how it supports root growth, and even how easily you can increase the soil’s organic matter. Considering the results of these 2 tests will help you to know what can be done to improve the soil. If you are able to have a clear jar and a clump of your soil with you as you participate in this webinar, you can follow along to do your own soil texture test. As it is winter now and may be a little difficult to get a clump of soil from your field, you can also sit back and watch so you can do this yourself in the spring when the soil thaws. We will show how you can identify the soil’s texture and talk about the important points to consider on a soil test results that can help to improve the soil.
RUP and CCA credits will be offered for this session, pending approval.
The 2025 MI Ag Ideas to Grow With conference will be held virtually, February 24 - March 7, 2024. This two-week program encompasses many aspects of the agricultural industry and offers a full array of educational sessions for farmers and homeowners interested in food production and other agricultural endeavors. While there is no cost to participate, attendees must register to receive the necessary zoom links. Registrants can attend as many sessions as they would like and are also able to jump around between tracks. RUP and CCA credits will be offered for several of the sessions. More information can be found at: https://www.canr.msu.edu/miagideas/
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