Category: Using Compost

USE.119-Selling STA Compost by Industry-AC24.USCC

Join an interactive session to learn sales techniques targeting landscape contractors, DOTs, and sports turf managers, setting your sales team apart. Selling STA certified compost offers key benefits for outselling competitors. Discover how the STA program meets end users’ needs and provides essential information.Speakers: Dave HardingDuration: 15 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

USE.118-STA -The Brand – The Future’s So Bright – You Better Bring Shades-AC24.USCC

The STA Program celebrates its 25th anniversary, reflecting on its founding principles that established it as the gold standard for compost evaluation. The development of the Compost Technical Data Sheet (CTDS) revolutionized the industry, providing clarity, consistency, and confidence for compost users. In preparation for future growth and partnerships, the USCC’s Market Development Committee has… Continue reading USE.118-STA -The Brand – The Future’s So Bright – You Better Bring Shades-AC24.USCC

USE.117-Shifts in Compost Use over the Decades-AC24.USCC

This paper explores how understanding market trends and past successful uses of compost can aid composters in effectively marketing their product. It discusses shifts in the marketplace, opportunities to re-establish abandoned markets, and emerging markets with potential.Speakers: Ron AlexanderDuration: 22 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase Course Now

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