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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.
| Category |
Case Study |
Soil type |
Keywords |
| Import of high C materials |
Study 4. Trading straw for FYM to improve soils on an arable farm |
Heavy |
Arable, cereals, root crops, straw for manure trading, straw incorporation, heavy soils, medium soils |
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Study 22. Innovative manure trading agreements to improve organic matter status of arable land |
Medium |
Arable, cereals, maize, poultry manure, manure trading, trading, medium soil |
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Study 32. Potato growing with heavily bedded FYM on light land |
Light to medium |
Mixed, arable, potatoes, light soil, FYM, straw for muck, trading |
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Study 17. Bio-solids and paper waste can replace straw exports on an arable farm |
Light, medium and heavy |
Arable, cereals, sewage sludge, biosolids, paper, light soil, medium soil, 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 |
| Improved management of resources in mixed enterprises |
Study 18. Building soils with FYM on a mixed farm with sugar beet |
Light, medium and heavy |
Mixed, arable, beef, minimum tillage, min till, reduced tillage, FYM, light soil, medium soil, heavy 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 |
| Import of high C materials |
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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Study 27. Compost use on an arable farm |
Medium to heavy |
Arable, cereals, compost, green waste, medium soil, heavy soil |
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Study 25. Potato growing in min-till rotations with straw incorporation and manure trading |
Medium |
Arable, cereals, straw incorporation potatoes, minimum tillage, min till, reduced tillage, FYM, poultry muck, medium soil |
| Improved management of resources in mixed enterprises |
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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