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A video about soil health, carbon sequestration and regenerative agriculture. It features Ray Archuleta, an agronomist, who has been a featured speaker at numerous soil health meetings thorughout Tennessee and the 69th TACD Annual meeting in Gatlinburg. The movement continues! |
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A Soil Health Curriculum has been published by Associate Professor Jason de Koff on the TSU website. |
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This page is temporarily unavailable due to updates to Dr. Butler's website. This link will be updated when the updates to the site are complete. Tennessee NRCS Grazing Specialist & Soil Health Specialist, Greg Brann, leads a tour of his Kentucky farm with Dr. Larry Butler in episode 49 of the Out On The Land series. We learn about multispecies grazing management and soil health. Greg is also part of episode 50. |
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See videos of Tennessee farmers who are utilizing soil health methods. They discuss a variety of topics. |
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covercrop.com: An online twitter resource for cover crops and soil health. |
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The Cover Crop Chart (v. 2.0) is designed to assist producers with decisions on the use of cover crops in crop and forage production systems. The chart, patterned after the periodic table of elements, includes information on 58 crop species that may be planted individually or in cocktail mixtures. Information on growth cycle, relative water use, plant architecture, seeding depth, forage quality, pollination characteristics, and nutrient cycling are included for most crop species. |
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Cover Crop Roller Photos
Roll the cover crop in the same direction that you plan to plant, so the crop roller should either be the same width as the planter or overlap rolling to match the planter width. If conditions are right the planter can plant regardless of how the cover was rolled. Planters usually cut through residue best when it is vegetative or very dry.
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TACD is partnering with NRCS to provide information on soil health.
Meet the Experts
| Greg Brann, USDA/NRCS Grazing and Soil Health Specialist |
Mike Hubbs, TACD Soil Health Specialist |
 Greg is a Certified Crop Advisor with a Degree in Plant Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville who writes extensively on soil health. His publications include: Water Points, Fencing for Serious Grazers and co-author of "Meat Goats: Reproduction, Nutrition and Health". Greg has also written numerous fact sheets on targeted grazing, prescribed grazing, cover crops, nutrient management, pest management and various species of cover crops. He frequently speaks on grazing and soil management with emphasis on plant and animal diversity. He farms 320 acres of pasture with beef cows, stockers, goats, hair sheep and Christmas trees. |
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Mike was an NRCS Agronomist with Soil Quality Institute 1996 - 2004. He also received Masters from Auburn University in Agronomy and Soils with emphasis on Soil Health. Mike was on the original Soil Health Team that developed the soil health initiative within the agency. He was also the Director of Ecological Sciences Division and Financial Assistance Division, so he has a thorough understanding of technical and financial assistance. Mike retired from NRCS in 2013 after nearly 36 years.
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