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Page 1: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,

Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands@RichTudorLlysun

Page 2: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,

Are we achieving potential grass yields?

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“Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.”

David R.Montgomery,Univ. of WashingtonGroundswell 2017

Page 4: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 5: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 6: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 8: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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10% yield reduction at ph 5.5 compared to ph 6.0

Area treated with Lime

Page 10: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 12: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 13: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 15: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 17: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,

5-20% of plant N comes from N-fixing bacteria75% of plant P comes from Mycorrhizal fungi

Page 18: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 20: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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Page 22: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 23: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 24: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
Page 25: Soil Health and Fertility in Grasslands - Business Wales€¦ · “Soil health is like human health; its hard to define, but you sure know when you don’t have it.” David R.Montgomery,
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