Substituting nitrogen fertilizer with compost can improve soil health and environmental quality in California’s intensively managed cool-season vegetable systems without compromising yields.Speakers: Cole SmithDuration: 24 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
Category: Using Compost
USE.314-Biological Indicators and Compost for Managing Plant Disease on Vegetable Crops-AC23.CREF
Compost recipe, choice of post-thermophilic process, and duration of curing (maturation) of composts influences the assembly of bacterial and fungal communities. Different pathogens on different crops require a different combination of microorganisms and/or mechanisms suggesting the need for “designer composts”.Speakers: Deborah NeherDuration: 26 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.310-Increasing Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) of a Mined Ultisol through the Application of Stable Carbon-AC23.CREF
Higher than normal application rates of stable carbon sources are required for improvement in soil health on degraded Ultisols.Speakers: Gaius EudoxieDuration: 32 minutesCredits: 1.0Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.311-Understanding the Short- and Long-Term Soil Carbon Storage Benefits of Compost Application to Agricultural Systems-AC23.CREF
Quantifying the long-term soil carbon sequestration benefits of compost application to agricultural lands requires consideration of both the impacts throughout the soil profile, and the impacts over longer-term timeframes.Speakers: Karen HillsDuration: 26 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.313-Tuning Compost for Specific Crops using DNA Sequencing-AC23.USCC
New cutting-edge DNA sequencing methods are emerging that support compost production tuned for specific crops. These methods are being tested at a seedless muscadine vineyard in NC and have the potential to transform the industries’ image from “homespun” to high-tech and merit a commensurate premium price.Speakers: Laura KavanaughDuration: 29 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase… Continue reading USE.313-Tuning Compost for Specific Crops using DNA Sequencing-AC23.USCC
USE.312-Compost Incorporation Improves Water Infiltration, Carbon Storage and Associated Soil Properties-AC23.CREF
Benefits of compost incorporation regarding stormwater infiltration, carbon sequestration, and other soil properties.Speakers: Md Mahfuz IslamDuration: 18 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.227-An Emerging Issue? Compost Plastic Contamination and Possible Soil Health Implication-AC23.USCC
Microplastics have been found in all measured composts and thus compost may be a vector for plastic to enter agricultural soils. Soil microplastics may impact greenhouse gas emissions, microbial activity, and nutrient cycling in agricultural soil ecosystems.Speakers: Sarah HobsonDuration: 29 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now
USE.115-The Seal of Testing Assurance Program – The Pathway to Professional Recognition for Your Company and the Compost Products you Produce or Specify-AC23.USCC
Wow. There is a lot of thought that goes into this program. They really are carving a difference out between regular compost and STA Certified compost.Speakers: Clinton Sander, Bob Yost, Ron Alexander, Gowri SundaramDuration: 1 hours 25 minutesCredits: 1.5Member Price: $90.00Non-Member Price: $157.50Purchase Course Now
USE.114-Product Registration and Labeling for Dummies, and ‘Organic Certification’-AC23.USCC
Better understanding of legal requirements to ‘sell’ compost Understanding basic of ‘organic certification’Speakers: Ronald AlexanderDuration: 1 hours 30 minutesCredits: 1.5Member Price: $90.00Non-Member Price: $157.50Purchase Course Now
USE.221-Developing Soil / Media Mixes to Promote Growth of Pollinator Friendly Vegetation in Roadside Settings in. NYS-AC22.USCC
The project objective is to identify manufactured soil mixes that support the growth of native, pollinator friendly vegetation in roadside settings. As NYSDOT’s current standard topsoil mixes have been found lacking in their ability to reliably support the establishment of native, pollinator-friendly plant populations; there is a need to develop topsoil specifications that can facilitate… Continue reading USE.221-Developing Soil / Media Mixes to Promote Growth of Pollinator Friendly Vegetation in Roadside Settings in. NYS-AC22.USCC