Category: Using Compost

USE.315-Compost Application Can Improve Water Quality, Enhance Soil Health, and Increase Climate Resiliency in Coastal California’s Cool-Season Vegetable Agroecosystems.-AC23.CREF

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

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.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.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.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