Publications

Factsheets

• Soil Quality Test Kit
• Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil & Water Quality
• Using Cover Crops to Convert to No-Till
• Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling
• The Biology of Soil Compaction
• Soil Terminology and Definitions
• Soil Carbon Sequestration
• Oilseed Radish Cover Crop
• Sustainable Crop Rotations with Cover Crops
• Tri-state fertilizer recommendations

Whitepapers: 

Soil Aggregate Stability

Soil Infiltration

Avoiding Soil Compaction

Slake Test

Soil Food Web

Sovita Test for Soil Respiration

Haney Test for Soil Health

PLFA Test for soil biological quality

Effect of soil conservation on soil health indicators

On-farm research trials

Wooster

Hoytville

Piketon

Journal articles

* Long-Term No-Till Impacts on Organic Carbon, Ohio soils

* Comparison of Permanganate-Oxidizable Carbon & Mineralizable Carbon for Assessment of Organic Matter Stabilization and Mineralization

* No adverse effect of moderate stubble grazing on soil quality and organic carbon pool in dryland wheat agro-ecosystems

* Evaluate soil quality and pasture biomass yield relationship in the semi-arid regions of Iran

* Effect of long term no-till and conventional tillage practices on soil quality

* Impacts of biosolids application on soil quality under alternate year no-till corn-soybean rotation

* Soil health as a predictor of lettuce productivity and quality:  A case study of urban vacant lots

* The Effects of Soil Conservation Practices on Selected Soil Health Indicators

Popular Press

* Successful Farming, January 2017 : Soil Health Tests

Conference presentations/papers

*  Poster: Understanding Watershed Impact by Measuring Soil Organic Matter

Books/Book Chapters

• Building Soils for Better Crops
• Managing Cover Crops Profitably
• Midwest Cover Crop Field Guide
• Forty Chances, by Howard G. Buffett
• Soil Health, Water & Climate Change - A Pocket Guide to What You Need to Know