Benchmarking Soil Organic Carbon

Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) has become a bit of a buzz word in the industry. This may have prompted you to investigate the SOC within your own soils, or it may be something that you are considering. After all, if you put aside the current interest in carbon from an environmental angle, farmers ought to be focussed on maintaining or increasing the carbon in their soils, from the standpoint that soils with a high level of carbon are healthy soils - all the more reason to understand the SOC levels in your soils.

In this dairy insight we look at interpreting your SOC analysis and using the results to benchmark your soil, to help you make informed decisions on how to maintain or improve SOC going forward.

Issued May 2021

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