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Objective: Long term improvement of soil structure
Select a case study from the table below. Documents are in the Adobe PDF format.
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Case Study |
Soil type |
Keywords |
| Incorporate crop residues |
Study 2. Straw incorporation since burning ban improves soil condition |
Heavy |
Arable, straw incorporation, cereals, heavy soils |
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Study 3. Straw incorporation use of pig manures to benefit arable soils |
Medium to heavy |
Mixed, arable, cereals, straw incorporation, pig manure, pig slurry, FYM, heavy soils, medium soils |
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Study 7. Composting FYM on grass leys improves soil condition in a mixed arable and beef enterprise |
Heavy |
Mixed, cereals, beef, FYM, compost, composting, grass leys |
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Study 9. Straw incorporation after burning ban benefits arable soils |
Light to medium |
Arable, cereals, straw incorporation, light soils, medium soils |
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Study 10. Straw incorporation improves conditions for potato growing |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, potatoes, straw incorporation, medium soils, heavy soils |
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Study 11. Crop residue incorporation allows reduction in cultivation intensity |
Heavy |
Arable, cereals, straw incorporation, reduced cultivation, heavy soils |
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Study 12. Min-till with residue incorporation benefits soils in large enterprise |
Light, medium and heavy |
Arable, cereals, sugar beet, minimum tillage, min till, reduced cultivation, straw incorporation, light soil, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 13. Incorporating straw and poultry manure improves growing conditions for sugar beet |
Heavy |
Arable, cereals, sugar beet, straw incorporation, poultry manure, heavy soil |
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Study 14. Poultry muck, straw return and grass leys benefit root crops and cereals |
Light, medium and heavy |
Mixed, arable, cereals, pigs, sugar beet, potatoes, FYM, poultry manure, grass leys, light soil, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 15. Cereal straw incorporation has benefits for root crops |
Light to medium |
Arable, cereals, potatoes, sugar beet, straw incorporation, light soil, medium soil |
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Study 19. Mixed arable, beef and sheep with short-term rotational grass leys, consistent application of FYM and sewage sludge |
Light to medium |
Mixed, arable, beef, sheep, sewage sludge, biosolids, FYM, poultry muck, turkey, residue incorporation, light soil, medium soil |
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Study 20. Arable with sugar beet in an established rotation |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, sugar beet, straw incorporation, poultry manure, turkey, sugar beet sludge, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 21. Soil improvement with grass leys in an arable and intensive beef farm |
Light to medium |
Mixed, arable, cereals, FYM, grass leys, rotational grass, beef, light soil, medium soil |
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Study 29. Arable soils benefit from manures and rotational grass in a mixed dairy and pig farm |
Light, medium and heavy |
Mixed, light soils, medium soils, heavy soils, FYM, slurry, organic manures, arable, cereals, reduced cultivation, rotational grass leys |
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Study 6. Grass leys and FYM improve soil on a mixed farm |
Medium, chalky |
Mixed, arable, cereals, FYM, slurry |
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Study 28. Minimum tillage with imported poultry litter and rotational fallow |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, potatoes, poultry manure, minimum tillage, min till, reduced tillage, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 30. Targeted use of manures benefits arable yields and improves soil structures |
Light, medium and heavy |
Mixed, light soils, slurry, crop rotation, rotational maize, FYM, reduced cultivation, cereals, maize, dairy, beef |
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Study 31. Ex-potato land improved with organic manures, crop rotations and reduced cultivation |
Light to medium |
Mixed, potatoes, beef, FYM, oilseed rape, crop residues, reduced cultivation, cereals, maize, improved rotations |
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