by EcoGEM | Jul 1, 2016 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Inspired by his previous work explaining The Calcium Cycle, we partnered again with Dr. Davidson to create an infographic explaining the calcium cycle in agriculture. Since calcium plays a critical role as a crop nutrient and as a soil amendment, farmers who...
by EcoGEM | Apr 27, 2016 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Understanding Water Quality Problems and How Gypsum Can Help Solve Them In a new report, Dr. Brent Rouppet, Ph.D., explores how your irrigation water can harm your soil, even when you think it is helping your plants. Learn more about your soil’s chemistry, how...
by EcoGEM | Aug 2, 2015 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
In his commentary in the Wall Street Journal, California Farmers Aren’t the Water Hogs, Ted Sheely discusses the blame farmers are asked to take for the water shortage in California. Sheely, a farmer himself in California’s San Joaquin Valley, argues that...
by EcoGEM | Sep 29, 2014 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Correcting poor soil structure conditions with an application of gypsum can have a significant impact on soil tilth and crop yields. However, many producers overlook this practice because they are not aware of the benefits to soil structure as well as a readily...
by EcoGEM | Mar 31, 2014 | Soil Health
Why does organic matter improve soil? If you farm or garden, do you check the organic matter levels of your soil? It is a good indicator of soil health since you can’t have good health without it. Organic matter feeds the microbes that build the soil. One of the goals...
by EcoGEM | Feb 2, 2014 | Soil Health, Uncategorized
Most minerals important to biological life follow a natural cycle that tracks how they enter the soil and their fate once there. Understanding these cycles is important because it helps you manage the mineral and influence the way it interacts with other factors on...
