Soil Health |
Principles of Soil Health |
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Soil health refers to the soil's capacity to function as a vital living ecosystem, sustaining plants, animals, and humans. It encompasses the soil's ability to support crop and animal productivity, maintain environmental quality, and improve human health. Healthy soil is productive, sustainable, and profitable.
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Why test your soil? A soil test is important for several reasons: it optimizes the production of your crop wither that is a garden, lawn, large grain or more. It helps protect the environment from contamination by runoff and leaching of excess fertilizers, to aid in the diagnosis of plant culture problems, to improve the nutritional balance of the growing media and to save money and conserve energy |