Soil Management A Useful Guidebook for Farm Managers With Common Soil Problems

Farming continues to be one of the most rapidly changing businesses. New and larger equipment with technologically advanced systems demand greater expertise from machine operators. Although the new equipment is usually more productive with greater capacity, the manager must be more skillful in order to obtain maximum advantage of the equipment while maintaining profitability. Conservation of farming resources while increasing production and maintaining profitability is a challenge many farm managers face. The natural resources critical to farming are soil and water. Of these, soil is literally the foundation upon which the farm is built. For today's farmer to remain a farmer on the same land tomorrow, he must husband the soil. The price of land has risen and fallen during the past few decades, but the soil itself is priceless and irreplaceable. Once gone, soil is lost, and along with it the farmer's hopes of remaining effectively productive and profitable. Topsoil is created very slowly, so the wise farm manager does everything possible to conserve and replenish it. Soil fertility and the amount of topsoil must be maintained. With the basic information in this book you can build a solid foundation of knowledge that can be used to make the most efficient and effective soil management decisions and keep your business competitive. We do not recommend specific tillage practices as the answer, because each practice is not universally beneficial. We do however suggest you consider tillage methods that recent soil science has proven effective. Each farm manager must evaluate this information then create a conservation plan specifically for each individual farming operation.Deere, John is the author of 'Soil Management A Useful Guidebook for Farm Managers With Common Soil Problems' with ISBN 9780866912297 and ISBN 0866912290.