Soil Health and Drainage

This week on Streamlines, John McMaine and Anthony Bly introduce soil health & drainage and talk about the following:

• The relationship between soil health and drainage
• Drainage and water management in an agricultural system
• Various ways healthy drainage systems can improve soil health
• How different agricultural practices have adjusted the landscape over time
• The potential of going back to a natural system and how it could affect soil health

 

This week’s guest is Dr. Eileen Kladivko, a professor in the agronomy department from Purdue University. Additional resources related to Dr. Kladivko’s research can be found at https://ag.purdue.edu/agry/drainage/Pages/New-Summaries.aspx.

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