Soil URL’s Compiled by Steve Diver Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas http://www.attra.org Soil Quality Information Sheets - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/sqiinfo.shtml Soil And Health Library http://www.soilandhealth.org/index.html The Health of Our Soils: Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada http://res.agr.ca/CANSIS/PUBLICATIONS/HEALTH/_overview.html Soil Quality-Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada http://res.agr.ca/lond/pmrc/faq/soilqual.html Soil quality and financial performance of biodynamic and conventional farms in New Zealand. 1993. J.P. Reganold, A.S. Palmer, J.C. Lockhart and A.N. Macgregor. Science 260: 344-349. http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/sarep/newsltr/v6n2/sa-13.htm The Health of Our Soils: Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada http://res.agr.ca/CANSIS/PUBLICATIONS/HEALTH/_overview.html Organic Soil Amendments for Sustainable Agriculture http://agrss.sherman.hawaii.edu/staff/hue/organic.html Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: An Introduction to Organic Fertilization in Saskatchewan http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/farmfact/cdo0198.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: Organic Crop Production: Soil Conservation Practices http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/farmfact/cps0396.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: Organic Crop Production: Disease Management http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/farmfact/cpd0396.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: Organic Crop Management - Insect Management http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/farmfact/cpi0396.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: Organic Crop Production: Weed Management http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/saf/farmfact/cpw0396.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: Organic Crop Production: An Introduction to Organic Fertilization http://www.gov.sk.ca/agfood/farmfact/sco1294.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: <>Organic Crop Production: Soil Conservation Practices<> http://www.gov.sk.ca/agfood/farmfact/cps0396.htm Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food FARMFACTS: <>Soil Improvement With Legumes including Legumes in Crop Rotations<> http://www.gov.sk.ca/agfood/farmfact/scs0395.htm Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development <>Legume Green Manuring<> http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/agdex/100/2300202.html Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development <>Soil Organic Matter<> http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/agdex/500/536-1.html Carbon Storage in Soils Under Continuous Cereal Cropping: N Fertilizer and Straw http://paridss.usask.ca/pari/factbook/soilcrop/cesar2.html Beef Manure Management http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/livestck/beef/manur01.html NRCS Soil Quality Institute Agronomy Technical Notes Series http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/agronomy.shtml Soil Quality is Critical Factor in Management of Natural Resources Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 1 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/agronomy1.pdf Conservation Crop Rotation Effects on Soil Quality Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 2 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/agronomy2.pdf Effects of Residue Management, No-Till on Soil Quality Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 3 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/agronomy3.pdf Effects of Soil Quality on Nutrient Efficiency Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 4 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/agronomy4.pdf Herbicides Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 5 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/herbinfo.pdf Legumes and Soil Quality Soil Quality - Agronomy Technial Note No. 6 http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/pdf/legume.pdf NRCS Soil Quality Information Sheets http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/sqiinfo.shtml Soil Fertility in Sustainable Low Input Farming Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Bulletin #3 by Dr. Herbert H. Koepf http://www.steinercollege.org/anthrop/mfbull3.html WWW Virtual Library / Forestry / Soils and Substrates / http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/soils/ Understanding the Soil Processes by Petrik Laboratories http://www.rain.org/~sals/Petrik.html Cover Crops URL’s: Cultural Management of Green Manure Crops Three-part handbook developed in conjunction with workshops held in Rexburg, Jerome, and Sandpoint, Idaho in July/August 1995. Management of Oilseed Radish and Yellow Mustard Green Manure Crops University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu/ag/environment/sustain/reports/oilseed.html Management of Rapeseed Green Manure Crops University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu/ag/environment/sustain/reports/rapeseed.html Management of Legume Green Manure Crops University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu/ag/environment/sustain/reports/legume.html