Protecting Soil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDqHlYHIVkY&feature=fvwrel

Feeding the World (2.5min)

Let’s review the

Soil Textural Triangle.

Take out the soil triangle from lab to identify the these soils:

a. 24% clay

18% silt

58% sand

b. 41 % clay

51% silt

8% sand

41 % clay

51% silt 8% sand

The 7 Crops That Wisconsin Ranks #1 In:

Cheese

(overall combination)

Cranberries

Mink pelts

Corn for silage

Snap beans

Whey

Ginseng

the key is not so much the land,

It can take 50 to 500 yr to create 1" of topsoil that one rain storm washes away.

Again...What If You Were To Own A Small Family Farm?

Let’s consider:

FARMING as your PRINCIPLE INCOME $$$$$$$$$

What-ever Your Harvest…

If mother nature is cooperating:

Plants get what they need from the soil.

What creates ‘unhealthy’ soil?

Keep It Healthy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd-48Zw0Tr4

One hungry planet (4min)

a. Contour farming

description= work across a hill instead of up and down

b. cover soil

=vegetation in spring/summer/fall (covers soil)

=crop residues after crop harvest(humus)

the key is not so much the land,

It can take 50 to 500 yr to create 1" of topsoil that one rain storm washes away.

-Takes more time-Costs more money$$

Why wouldn’t you use these practices?

c. Build shelter belts and windbreaks (1 ft = 10 ft)

the key is not so much the land,

It can take 50 to 500 yr to create 1" of topsoil that one rain storm washes away.

-Takes more time-Costs more money$$