Session: Symposium--from Soil Health Assessment to Optimization of Farm Management Strategies

Division: ASA Section: Land Management and Conservation

Title: Symposium--from Soil Health Assessment to Optimization of Farm Management Strategies

Lead Community Sponsor: Soil Health Community
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Format: Oral Symposium
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Session Description: How to accurately and effectively evaluate the impact of agricultural management measures on soil health is a major concern of agricultural field management. Soil health assessment tools quantify and integrate multiple indicators of the soil for comprehensive scoring. However, there is no unified soil health assessment standard available. The symposium will discuss the progress in soil health assessment tools, scores, indicators and data normalization methods.