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Improving soil quality on irrigated soils in the Columbia Basin
Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension), 252E, Washington State University Extension
02/2017
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/7303
Abstract
Soil quality or health can be defined as the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to (1) sustain plant and animal productivity, (2) maintain or enhance water and air quality, and (3) support human health and habitation. Soil quality encompasses the interrelated physical, chemical, and biological aspects of soil. Irrigated growers in the Columbia Basin of Washington State have expressed increased interest in improving soil quality and in learning about the benefits versus the costs of implementing soil improvement practices. In addition, producers have been under increasing public scrutiny concerning efforts to maintain and improve soil resources, especially for off-farm impacts such as wind erosion and water quality. This publication discusses factors affecting soil management and soil improvement practices among irrigated growers in the Columbia Basin of Washington State.
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- Title
- Improving soil quality on irrigated soils in the Columbia Basin
- Creators
- David Granatstein (Author)Andrew McGuire (Author)Mark Amara (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension); 252E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900502238301842
- Copyright
- In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report