Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Where have we been:  Google doc spreadsheets have been created to enter specific soil health data according to researcher, cropping systems/rotations, overarching soil health program followed, indicators collected, and other pertinent information.   The document is housed at:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UuDGPpZdnnR06VZ_6VzVETJsg565ZG2Nrs2x9AnwTXA/edit#gid=133798839

And, just in case the W1196 group needs additional information, it is presented here:

Working group shared folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IOKyTij0Hmr-DNgRxFPOtuXq6LMpdELE?usp=share_link

Survey spreadsheet instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vf9OZTL7zQpYh31cJLJKMr3TVuDafhbX97JU421yZXQ/edit?usp=share_link

Survey spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UuDGPpZdnnR06VZ_6VzVETJsg565ZG2Nrs2x9AnwTXA/edit?usp=share_link

Where are we now:  We need all W1196 members to fill in these documents.  Jim Ippolito made a hard deadline of January 31, 2023, for all members to fill in the documents.

Where are we going?:  After January 31, 2023, Jim and Caley will reconvene to look over the document and, if needed, ask for more information to be entered from individuals.  We agreed to send out a Doodle poll to meet again in February or March 2023 to revisit the Google doc and decide a path forward in order to complete Objective #1. We anticipate that the spreadsheet will serve as a starting point to begin organizing sub-groups to tackle objective 1 (creation of a soil health database for western states).

Short-term Outcomes:

The above are short-term outcomes to help guide the workgroup towards addressing Objective #2 over the next three years - to identify minimum soil health indicator datasets within diverse agroecosystems in the Western US (i.e., outputs).

Outputs/Activities:

By the end of January 2023, we anticipate having a complete set of soil health characteristics/site characteristics spreadsheet/dataset, entered from all W1196 participants, in order for us to begin grouping data together, members together, and to move forward tackling objective #1.

Milestones:

Have a completed soil health characteristics dataset should be met by the end of quarter 1, 2023.

W1196: Implementing and correlating soil health management and assessment in western states

2022 Publications/Presentations

Publications

Multiple W1196 Members:

Reike, E., D.K. Bagnall, C.L.S. Morgan, K.D. Flynn, J.A. Howe, K.L.H. Greub, G.M. Bean, S.B. Cappellazzi, M. Cope, D. Liptzin, C.E. Norris, P.W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A.I. Bary, R.L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D.C. Brainard, J.R. Brennan, D. Briones Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C.N. Carlyle, C.F. Creech, S.W. Culman, B. Dean, C.J. Dell, J.D. Derner, S.W. Duiker, T.F. Ducey, M.F. Dyck, B.H. Ellert, M.H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S.J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A-M. Fortuna, J.L. Foster, L.M. Fultz, A.V. Gamble, C.M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J.H. Grove, S.K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z.D. Hayden, N. Honsdorf; J.A. Ippolito, G.A. Johnson, M.A. Kautz, N.R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K.S.M. Kurtz, F.J. Larney, K.L. Lewis, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M.A. Martinez Gamiño, W.E. May, M.P. McClaran, M.D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J.P. Mitchell, A.D. Moore, P.A. Moore Jr., M. Mora Gutiérrez, K.A. Nelson, E.C. Omondi, S.L. Osborne, L. Osorio Alcalá, P. Owens, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H.J. Poffenbarger, B. Ponce Lira, J.R. Reeve, T.M. Reinbott, M.S. Reiter, E.L. Ritchey, K.L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U.M. Sanju G.R. Sanford, W.F. Schillinger, R.R. Schindelbeck, M.E. Schipanski, A.J. Schlegel, K.M. Scow, L.A. Sherrod, A.L. Shober, S.S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St. Luce, J.S. Strock, A.E. Suyker, V.R. Sykes, H. Tao, A. Trujillo Campos, L.L. Van Eerd, H.M. van Es, N. Verhulst, T.J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D.B. Watts, D.L. Wright, T. Zhang, and C.W. Honeycutt. 2022. Evaluation of Aggregate Stability Methods for Soil Health. Geoderma. 428:116156.

Bagnall, D.K, G.M. Bean, D. Liptzin, S.B. Cappellazzi, M. Cope, K.L.H. Greub, E.L. Rieke, C.E. Norris, P.W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A.I. Bary, R. L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D.C. Brainard, J.R. Brennan, D. Briones Reyes,  D. Bruhjell, C.N. Carlyle, J.J.W. Crawford, C.F. Creech, S.W. Culman, B. Deen, C.J. Dell, J.D. Derner, T.F. Ducey, S.W. Duiker, M.F. Dyck, B.H. Ellert, M.H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S.J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A-M. Fortuna, J.L. Foster, L.M. Fultz, A.V. Gamble, C.M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J.H. Grove, S.K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z.D. Hayden, N. Honsdorf, J.A. Howe, J.A. Ippolito, G.A. Johnson, M.A. Kautz, N.R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K.S.M. Kurtz, F.J. Larney, K.L. Lewis, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M.A. Martinez Gamiño, W.E. May, M.P. McClaran, M.D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J.P. Mitchell, A.D. Moore, P.A. Moore Jr., M. Mora Gutiérrez, K.A. Nelson, E.C. Omondi, S.L. Osborne, L. Osorio Alcalá, P. Owens, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H.J. Poffenbarger, B. Ponce Lira, J.R. Reeve, T.M. Reinbott, M.S. Reiter, E.L. Ritchey, K.L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U.M. Sainju, G.R. Sanford, W.F. Schillinger, R.R. Schindelbeck, M.E. Schipanski, A.J. Schlegel, K.M. Scow, L.A. Sherrod, A.L. Shober, S.S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St. Luce, J.S. Strock, A.E. Suyker, V.R. Sykes, H. Tao, A. Trujillo Campos, L.L. Van Eerd, H.M. van Es, N. Verhulst, T.J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D.B. Watts, B.B. William, D.L. Wright, T. Zhang, and C.W. Honeycutt. 2022. Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20428.

Liptzin, D., C.E. Norris, S.B. Cappellazzi, G.M. Bean, M. Cope, K.L.H. Greub, E.L. Rieke, P.W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O.B. Tavarez, A.I. Bary, R.L. Baumhardt, A.B. Gracia, D.C. Brainard, J.R. Brennan, D.B. Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C.N. Carlyle, J.J.W. Crawford, C.F. Creech, S.W. Culman, B. Deen, C.J. Dell, J.D. Derner, T.F. Ducey S.W. Duiker, R.S. Dungan, M.F. Dyck, B.H. Ellert, M.H. Entz, A.E. Solorio, S.J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A-M. Fortuna, J.L. Foster, A.J. Franzluebbers, L.M. fultz, A.V. Gamble, C.Hm Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J.H. Grove, S.K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z.D. Hayden, J.L. Heitman, N. Honsdorf, J.A. Howe, J.A. Ippolito, G.A. Johnson, M.A. Kautz, N.R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K.S.M. Kurtz, F.J. Larney, K.L, Lewis, A.B. Leytem, M.A. Liebig, M. Liebman, A.L. Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M.A.M. Gamino, W.E. May, M.P. McClaran, M.D. McDaniel, M. Millar, J.P. Mitchell, P.A. Moore Jr., A.D. Moore, M.M. Gutierrez, K.A. Nelson, E.C. Omondi, S.L. Osborne, D.L. Osmond, L.O. Alcala, P. Owens, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H.J. Poffenbarger, B.P. Lira, J.R. Reeve, T.M. Reinbott, M.S. Reiter, E.L. Ritchey, K.L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U.M. Sainju, G.R. Sanford, W.F. Schillinger, R.R. Schindelbeck, M.E. Schipanski, A.J. Schlegel, K.M. Scow, L.A. Sherrod, A.L. Shober, S.S. Sidhu, E.S. Moya, M. St. Luce, J.S. Strock, A.E. Suyker, V.R. Sykes, H. Tao, M.L. Thompson, A.T. Campos, L.L. Van Eerd, N. Verhulst, T.J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D.B. Watts, B.B. William, D.L. Wright, T. Zhang, C.L.S. Morgan, and C.W. Honeycutt. 2022. An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-erm agricultural experiments. J. Soil Biol. Biochem. 172:108708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108708.

Rieke, E.L., S.B. Cappellazzi, M. Cope, D. Liptzin, G.M. Bean, K.L.H. Greub, C.E. Norris, P.W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A.I. Bary, R.L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D.C. Brainard, J.R. Brennan, D. Briones Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C.N. Carlyle, J.J.W. Crawford, C.F. Creech, S.W. Culman, B. Deen, C.J. Dell, J.D. Derner, T.F. Ducey, S.W. Duiker, R.S. Dungan, M.F. Dyck, B.H. Ellert, M.H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S.J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A-M. Fortuna , J.L. Foster, A.J, Franzluebbers, L.M. Fultz, A.V. Gamble, C.M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J.H. Grove, S.K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z.D. Hayden, J.L. Heitman, N. Honsdorf, J.A. Howe, J.A. Ippolito, G.A. Johnson, M.A. Kautz, N.R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K.S.M. Kurtz, F.J. Larney, K.L. Lewis, A.B. Leytem, M.A. Liebig, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M.A. Martinez Gamiño, W.E. May, M.P. McClaran, M.D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J.P. Mitchell, P.A. Moore, A.D. Moore, M. Mora Gutiérrez, K.A. Nelson, E.C. Omondi, S.L. Osborne, D.L. Osmond, L. Osorio Alcalá, P. Owens, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H.J. Poffenbarger, B. Ponce Lira, J.R. Reeve, T.M. Reinbott, M.S. Reiter, E.L. Ritchey, K.L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U.M. Sainju, G.R. Sanford, W.F. Schillinger, R.R. Schindelbeck, M.E. Schipanski, A.J. Schlegel, K.M. Scow, L.A. Sherrod, A.L. Shober, S.S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St. Luce, J.S. Strock, A.E. Suyker, V.R. Sykes, H. Tao, C. Morgan, and C.W. Honeycutt. 2022. Linking soil microbial community structure to potential carbon mineralization: a continental scale assessment of reduced tillage. Soil Biol. Biochem. 168:108618.

Bagnall, D.K., C.L.S. Morgan, M. Cope, G.M. Bean, S.B. Cappellazzi, K.L.H. Greub, D. Liptzin, C.E. Norris, E.L. Rieke, P.W. Tracy, E. Aberle, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A.I. Bary, R.L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D.C. Brainard, J.R. Brennan, D.B. Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C.N. Carlyle, J.H. Crawford, C.F. Creech, S.W. Culman, B. Deen, C.J. Dell, J.D. Derner, T.F. Ducey, S.W. Duiker, R.S. Dungan, M.F. Dyck, B.H. Ellert, M.H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S.J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A-M. Fortuna, J.L. Foster, A.J. Franzluebbers, L.M. Fultz, A.V. Gamble, C.M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J.H. Grove, S.K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z.D. Hayden, J.L. Heitman, N. Honsdorf, J.A. Howe, J.A. Ippolito, G.A. Johnson, M.A. Kautz, N.R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K.S.M. Kurtz, F.J. Larney, K.L. Lewis, A.B. Leytem, M.A. Liebig, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M.A. Martinez Gamiño, W. May, M.P. McClaran, M.D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J.P. Mitchell, A. Moore, P.A. Moore Jr., M.M Gutiérrez, K.A. Nelson, E.C. Omondi, S.L. Osborne, D.L. Osmond, L.O. Alcalá, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H.J. Poffenbarger, B.P Lira, J.R. Reeve, T.M. Reinbott, M. Reiter, E.L. Ritchey, K.L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U.M. Sainju, G.R. Sanford, W.F. Schillinger, R.R. Schindelbeck, M.E. Schipanski, A.J. Schlegel, K.M. Scow, L.A. Sherrod, A.L. Shober, S.S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St. Luce, J.S. Strock, A.E. Suyker, V.R. Sykes, H. Tao, M.L. Thompson, A. Trujillo Campos, L.L. Van Eerd, N. Verhulst, T.J. Vyn, D.B. Watts, B.B. William, D.L. Wright, T. Zhang, C.W. Honeycutt. 2022. Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 86:612-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20395.

Colorado:

Keshavarz, R., T. Banet, L. Li, and J.A. Ippolito. 2022. Furrow-irrigated corn residue management and tillage strategies for improved soil health. Soil and Tillage Research. 216:105238.

Mosier, S., S. Apfelbaum, P. Byck, J. Ippolito, and M.F. Cotrufo. 2022. Improvements in soil properties under adaptive multipaddock grazing relative to conventional grazing. Agronomy J. 114:2584-2597. DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21135.

Utah:

Crookston, B., M. Yost, M. Bowman, K. Veum, and J. Stevens. 2022. Microbial respiration gives early indication of soil health improvement following cover crops. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. In press.

Zesiger C., M. Palmer, J. Hadfield, M. Pace, M. Yost, and E. Creech. 2022. Evaluation of cover crop productivity for integrated crop-livestock systems in the Intermountain West. NACAA Journal.

Holt, J., M. Yost, E. Creech, N. Allen, D. McAvoy, and D. Winward. 2022. Biochar had minor impacts on yield, quality, and water availability of alfalfa, corn, and wheat. Agronomy Journal 114:1717-1730. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21040.

Crookston, B., M. Yost, M. Bowman, and K. Veum. 2022. Relationships among soil health interpretive frameworks, soil texture, and crop yield in the midwestern United States. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 86:91-105.  https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/saj2.20355.

Yost, M., N. Allen, G. Cardon, E. Creech, R. Larsen, R. Miller, M. Nelson, C. Nischwitz, M. Palmer, S. Price, R. Ramirez, C. Ransom, B. Scow, and R. Violett. 2022. 25 Rules of thumb for field crops. Utah State Univ. Ext. Fact Sheet. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2248/

Idaho:

Dungan, R.S., C.W. McKinney, V. Acosta-Martinez, and A.B. Leytem. 2022. Response of soil health indicators to long-term dairy manure in a semiarid irrigated cropping system. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 86:1597–1610.

            Montana:

Jones, C., K. Olson-Rutz, P. Miller, C. Zabinski, and S. Tallman. 2022. Cover Crops: Soil water and small grain yield and protein. EB0236. MSU Extension. Bozeman, MT. 9 pp.

Jones, C., K. Olson-Rutz, P. Miller, C. Zabinski, and S. Tallman. 2022. Cover Crops: Management for Organic Matter and Nitrogen. EB0237. MSU Extension. Bozeman, MT. 11 pp. 

Jones, C., K. Olson-Rutz, P. Miller, C. Zabinski, and S. Tallman. 2022. Cover Crops: Soil Health. EB0238. MSU Extension. Bozeman, MT. 9 pp.

Jones, C., K. Olson-Rutz, P. Miller, C. Zabinski, and S. Tallman. 2022. Cover Crops as Partial Replacement of Summer Fallow. MT202203AG. MSU Extension. Bozeman, MT. 4 pp.

Rakkar, M.K., C. Sheaffer, J. Jungers, J. Gutknecht, J. Grossman, and F. Li. 2022. Soil health improvements from using a novel perennial grain during the transition to organic production. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment. 341: 108164.

Rakkar, M.K., S. Kaplan, and H. Blanco-Canqui. 2022. Sustainable soil management: Soil physical health. In Lal et al. (Eds.) Sustainable Soil Management: Beyond Food Production. (Accepted).

            Kansas:

Obour, A.K., J. D. Holman, Y. Assefa. 2022. Grain sorghum productivity as affected by nitrogen rates and available soil water. Crop Science 62:1360-1372. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20731.

Obour, A.K., J. D. Holman, Y. Assefa. 2022. Single and multi-species dual-purpose cover crop productivity, nutritive value, and profitability. Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment. 5:e20275.https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20275.

Obour, A.K., J. D. Holman, Y. Assefa. 2022. No-tillage and nitrogen fertilization on soil chemical properties under dryland wheat-sorghum-fallow rotation. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (Accepted 11/17/2022, in production).

Obour, A.K., J. D. Holman, Y. Assefa. 2022. Nitrogen fertilizer and tillage intensity affected winter wheat macronutrient uptake and utilization efficiencies. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (Accepted 12/03/2022, in production).

Simon, L. M.; A.K. Obour, J.D. Holman, S.K. Johnson, and K.L. Roozeboom. 2022. Cover crop grazing effects on soil compaction indicators in western and central Kansas. Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 8: Iss. 4. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.8312.

                Arizona:

Wood, S.A., and J.C. Blankinship. 2022. Making soil health science practical: guiding research for agronomic and environmental benefits. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 172:108776. Virtual Special Issue on Biological Indicators of Soil Health.

Leger, A.M., Ball, K.R., Rathke, S.J., and J.C. Blankinship. 2022. Mulch more so than compost improves soil health to reestablish vegetation in a semiarid rangeland. Restoration Ecology 30:e13698.

Heckman, K., Hicks Pries, C.E., Lawrence, C.R., Rasmussen, C., Crow, S.E., …Blankinship, J.C., …and R. Wagai. 2022. Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence. Global Change Biology 28:1178-1196.

Schiro, G., Chen, Y., Blankinship, J.C., and A. Barberán. 2022. Ride the dust: Linking dust dispersal and spatial distribution of microorganisms across an arid landscape. Environmental Microbiology 24:4094-4107.

            Wyoming:

Van Syoc, E., S.E. Albeke, J.D. Scasta, and L.T.A. van Diepen. 2022. Quantifying the immediate response of the soil microbial community to different grazing intensities on irrigated pastures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 326:107805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107805

Badu, M., U. Norton, J. B. Norton. 2022. Winter Wheat Performance Following One-time High Rates of Compost and Annual Cover Crop Planting in Wheat-fallow Rotations. 2022. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science. 34:155-170. 10.9734/IJPSS/2022/v34i2131252.

Presentations

Colorado:

Blecker, S. March 29, 2022. Rangeland Monitoring Option for STAR Grazing Lands. STAR Technical Assistance Provider Training. Denver, CO.

Blecker, S. March 31, 2022. Rangeland Monitoring Option for STAR Grazing Lands. STAR Technical Assistance Provider Training. Grand Junction, CO.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Soil health perspectives in diverse, western US agroecosystems. Utah Soil Health Partnership. St. George, UT. February 15-17.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Soil health perspectives in Western US irrigated and dryland agroecosystems. Western Slope Soil Health Conference. Montrose, CO. Feb. 26.

Ippolito, J. 2022. IN-RICHES (Integrated Rocky Mountain region innovation center for healthy soils). Delegation of Colorado Legislative Staffers meeting. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. April 26.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Farming practices for soil health. Technician In-Service Conference. Colorado Division of Wildlife. Fort Morgan, CO. May 11.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Proper Water Use and Site Management Can Positively Affect Soil Health and Sustainable Agroecosystems. Sustainable Agricultural Water Workshop. Estes Park, CO. May 22-25.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Soil Health Perspectives in Diverse, Western US Ecosystems. Soil Water Conservation Society Conference. Denver, CO. August 3.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Farming practices for soil health. Ag. Innovators Conference. Yuma, Colorado. Sept. 1.

Desjardins, M., A. Bary, J. Ippolito, S. Cappellazzi, D. Griffin-LaHue. 2022. Biosolids improve key soil functions in dryland cropping systems. Biofest. Blaine, WA. Sept. 27.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Biosolids research in Colorado. Field, Lab, Earth podcast. Available at: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ September 30.

Ippolito, J. 2022. Soil Health Perspectives in Diverse, Western US Ecosystems. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference. Baltimore, MD November 6-9.

Desjardins, M., J.A. Ippolito, A. Bary, S. Cappellazzi, D. Liptzin, and D. Griffin-LaHue. 2022. Effects of long-term biosolids applications in two dryland agroecosystems on physical, biological, and chemical soil health properties. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 6-9.

                Utah:

2022. Yost. 2022. Water Optimization and Soil Health Field Day for Utah Soil Health Partnership. Vernal, UT. Oct. 18.

Pace, M., M. Yost, M. Getz. 2022. Sorghum and Cover Crop Field Day. Bothwell, UT. Sep. 13.

Heaton, M., M. Yost, and E. Creech. “Measuring and building soil health”. Soil Health Field Day. Panguitch, UT. June 6.

Richards, T., K. Davis, and M. Yost. Soil Health in the West Conference. St. George, UT.  Yost assisted in planning the conference. Feb. 16-17.

Yost, M., E. Creech, R. Larsen, J. Gale, C. Zesiger, R. Violett. Virtual crop school: Trimming the fertilizer fat. Virtual. Jan 11.

                Montana:

Jones, C. 2022. Soils 101 – How soil properties like texture, pH, CEC, etc. affect soil fertility, health, and herbicide effectiveness/carryover. Montana Weed Control Association. Billings, MT. Feb. 2.

Jones, C. 2022. Healthy soils. Cahsmans.  Bozeman, MT. April 16.

Rakkar, M. 2022.  Montana soils are becoming acidic: Why, how and what can we do? 406 Agronomy. Nov. 28.

            Kansas:

Lawrence, M. A., Obour, A. K., Holman, J., Simon, L. M., Schlegel, A. J., Haag, L. A., & Roozeboom, K. L. (2022) Effect of Strategic Tillage on Crop Yield and Soil Properties in a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation [Abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/141892.

Obour, A.K., J.D. Holman, and Y. Assefa. 2022. Nitrogen fertilizer application and depth of moist soil at planting affected grain sorghum yield. In Proc. of the Great Plains Soil Fertility Conf., 2022. Vol. 19:222-226.

Obour, A.K, and J. Holman. 2022. Cover crops as forages in the western Great Plains. American Forage & Grassland Council Conference. Jan 9-12, 2022. Wichita, KS.

Obour, A.K., J.D. Holman, L.M. Simon. 2022. Cover crop management options to improve weed control, crop yield and soil health. 2022 Food and Farm Conference, Saline, KS. November 11-12, 2022

Simon, L. M., Obour, A. K., Holman, J. D., Schipanski, M. E., Lawrence, M. A., Johnson, S. K., & Roozeboom, K. L. (2022) On-Farm Soil Health Practices Effect Wind Erosion Potential in the Semi-Arid Central Great Plains [Abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference. Baltimore, MD November 6-9.

Simon, L.M., A.K. Obour, J.D. Holman, M.E. Schipanski, S.K. Johnson, and K.L. Roozeboom. 2022.  post-wheat summer cover crop effects on crop yields and soil properties in a no-tillage dryland cropping system. In Proc. of the Great Plains Soil Fertility Conf., 2022. Vol. 19:33-38.

            New Mexico:

Idowu, J. 2022. Long-term soil health research. New Mexico State University Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center. April 27.

            Arizona:

Blankenship, J. 2022. Industry-NRCS-academic partnerships to improve compost production, soil health assessment, and soil health management. Desert Agriculture Research Symposium, Yuma, AZ.

Blankenship, J. 2022. Better than just compost? Improving compost quality and soil health in water-limited environments with biochar. United States Composting Council Annual Conference, Austin TX.

Blankenship, J. 2022. Exploring biological solutions to mitigate dust near Picacho Peak, AZ. Arizona State Dust Workshop, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Roles and opportunities of organic matter and microorganisms for arid soil health. Southwest Agricultural Summit, Yuma, AZ.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Environmental Science Departmental Seminar. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Blankenship, J. 2021. The dry side of soil health: Developing a new framework for measuring and enhancing soil health in arid agroecosystems. USDA NRCS Dynamic Soil Properties for Soil Health (DSP4SH) Annual Meeting, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Benefits and limitations of Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin (BSAAO) for desert soil health. FDA Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin (BSAAO) Workshop, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Inorganic carbon mediates tillage legacy effects on soil organic carbon stocks in arid agricultural soils. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Are extracellular enzyme activities a useful indicator of nutrient availability in semi-arid soils? American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Deadly dust on Arizona highways: Developing an improved dust risk index based on soil stabilization mechanisms and Ecological Site Descriptions. National Cooperative Soil Survey National Conference, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021 Hung out to dry: How the reliance on metrics developed for soil health assessment in temperate systems may lead to erroneous management advice in arid systems. National Cooperative Soil Survey National Conference, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021. Soil health research in desert cropping systems.” Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture Donor/Board of Directors Meeting, Virtual.

Blankenship, J. 2021 Linking soil health to dust prediction and mitigation. Arizona State Dust Workshop, Virtual.

            Wyoming:

Rodgers, H., J.B. Norton (postmortem), L.T.A. Van Diepen, and U. Norton, 2022. Kernza in Wyoming: Perennial grains for vulnerable lands. Oral presentation and published abstract. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, November 6-9.

Rodgers, H., J.B. Norton (postmortem), L.T.A. Van Diepen, and U. Norton, 2022. Sustaining Vulnerable Agroecosystems: Soil Health Indicators 1-6 Years After Compost Application. Poster presentation and published abstract. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, November 6-9.

Adamson, D., J.B. Norton (postmortem), R. Otuya, S. Albeke, J. Brummer, U. Norton, B. Sebade, L.T.A. Van Diepen, and M. Zhu. 2022. Feast of Famine? Paradoxical Nitrogen Management in Flood-Irrigated Mountain Hay Meadows. Poster presentation and published abstract. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, November 6-9.

Otuya, R.K., L.T.A. van Diepen, M. Zhu, J.B. Norton (postmortem), U. Norton, S.E. Albeke, J. Brummer, B.M. Sebade and D.M. Adamson. 2022. Effects of prolonged flood irrigation and fertilization on soil microbial communities in hay meadows of the Rocky Mountain West. Poster presentation and published abstract. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, November 6-9.

Helseth, T. U. Norton, and J. Norton (postmortem). 2022. Legacy effects of compost and cover crops in winter wheat-fallow rotations in Wyoming. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, November 6-9.