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Tools of Engagement: Soil Quality Indicators in Action

Monday, November 2, 2009: 3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 333, Third Floor
Organizers:
Janice E. Thies and Bianca Moebius-Clune
3:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
3:05 PM
A Field of Dreams.
Janice E. Thies, Cornell Univ.; John Doran, Retired, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:20 PM
Linking Indicators in the Cornell Soil Health Test to Management Decisions.
Bianca N. Moebius-Clune, Cornell Univ.; Robert R. Schindelbeck, Cornell Univ.; John Omololu Idowu, Cornell Univ.; George Abawi, Cornell Univ.; David W. Wolfe, Cornell Univ.; Harold M. van Es, Cornell Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:25 PM
Active Carbon Kit for in-Field Assessment of Managment Impacts On Soil Health.
Ray R. Weil, Univ. of Maryland; Charles White, Univ. of Maryland
3:30 PM
Active Organic Matter as a Simple Measure of Field Soil Quality.
Irfan Aziz, Univ. of Arid Agriculture; T. Mahmood, Univ. of Arid Agriculture; Y. Raut, Ohio State Univ. South Centers; Wayne Lewis, Ohio State Univ., South Centers; Rafiq Islam, Ohio State Univ., OARDC; Ray R. Weil, Univ. of Maryland
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:35 PM
Novel Aggregate Stability and Infiltration Measurements and Demonstration Using the Cornell Sprinkle Infiltrometer.
Robert R. Schindelbeck, Cornell Univ.; Bianca N. Moebius-Clune, Cornell Univ.; John Omololu Idowu, Cornell Univ.; Harold M. van Es, Cornell Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:40 PM
Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Reclaimed Forest and Pasture Land-Uses.
Raj K. Shrestha, Ohio State University; Rattan Lal, Ohio State Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:45 PM
Soil Structure Control in Corn and Soybean Residue Management System.
Ibrahim E. Vahyala, South Dakota State Univ.; Thomas Schumacher, South Dakota State Univ.; Shannon Osborne, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:50 PM
Meet Claude the Clod: a Scale Model of a Soil Aggregate and Its Resident Microorganisms.
Mary Ann Bruns, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Morgan Minyard, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Maina Martir-Torres, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Claudia Rojas, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Mary Kay Lupton, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:55 PM
Penn State Rainfall Simulator - in-House Demo of Tillage Effects On Soil Erosion.
Sjoerd Duiker, Pennsylvania State Univ.
4:00 PM
Soil Quality Indicators: Multiple Tools; Multiple Uses.
Susan S. Andrews, USDA-NRCS; Susan Samson-Liebig, USDA-NRCS; Cynthia A. Stiles, USDA-NRCS; Mark Liebig, USDA-ARS; Skye Wills, USDA-NRCS; Li-Shiang Tsay, North Carolina A&T State Univ.; Faustin Iyamuremye, USDA-NRCS; E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, 1104 Agricultural Sciences Building
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:05 PM
Break
4:20 PM
Demonstration Period
6:00 PM
Adjourn
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