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Know your Soils #3: Monitor the impact of water run-off
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<blockquote data-quote="Direct Driller Magazine" data-source="post: 5432250" data-attributes="member: 88948"><p><img src="https://soils.sectormentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SectorMentorForSoils_small-1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Welcome to the third instalment of our new 12 part <strong>Know your Soils</strong> series sharing practical tips for monitoring the soil health on your land. Keep an eye out for our bitesize videos and fact sheets on simple tests you can do yourself on farm.</p><p></p><p><em>“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.”</em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>How much topsoil and nutrients do you lose with rain water run-off?</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>A video from the ‘Learning from the Land’ series created by <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution" target="_blank">Catchment Sensitive Farming</a> & <a href="http://www.innovationforagriculture.org.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">Innovation for Agriculture</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>This is a great test you can do at home to understand how much rain water is running off your soils and whether it’s eroding precious topsoil and nutrients. Matthew Shepherd, Soil Biodiversity Specialist for Natural England, uses the humble tetra pack to show how soil samples from bare soil, arable and permanent pasture fields differ in their water holding capacity.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]jjKb2iVyE-s[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://soils.sectormentor.com/case-study/know-your-soils-monitoring-rain-water-run-off/" target="_blank">Sector Mentor for Soils Website</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Direct Driller Magazine, post: 5432250, member: 88948"] [IMG]https://soils.sectormentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/SectorMentorForSoils_small-1.png[/IMG] Welcome to the third instalment of our new 12 part [B]Know your Soils[/B] series sharing practical tips for monitoring the soil health on your land. Keep an eye out for our bitesize videos and fact sheets on simple tests you can do yourself on farm. [I]“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.”[/I] [SIZE=6][B]How much topsoil and nutrients do you lose with rain water run-off?[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][/B] [B]A video from the ‘Learning from the Land’ series created by [URL='https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution']Catchment Sensitive Farming[/URL] & [URL='http://www.innovationforagriculture.org.uk/about-us/']Innovation for Agriculture[/URL][/B][/SIZE] This is a great test you can do at home to understand how much rain water is running off your soils and whether it’s eroding precious topsoil and nutrients. Matthew Shepherd, Soil Biodiversity Specialist for Natural England, uses the humble tetra pack to show how soil samples from bare soil, arable and permanent pasture fields differ in their water holding capacity. [MEDIA=youtube]jjKb2iVyE-s[/MEDIA] Read the full article on [URL='https://soils.sectormentor.com/case-study/know-your-soils-monitoring-rain-water-run-off/']Sector Mentor for Soils Website[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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