Soil Health Labs

Soil Health Labs

16 episodes

The Soil Health Labs are located in the Environmental Health Sciences Department in the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. That may be surprising to most, especially since the University of South Carolina has no Ag School! Our mission is to promote soil health, not only as something that’s good for the farmer and the environment, but we also want to highlight soil health as a public health tool. Think about it. Healthy soils and healthy crops, mean healthy farmers and consumers, never mind an ever-improving environment. One idea we are embracing is that of Regenerative Farming where we embrace the idea that if farmers change the way they manage the soils, they can actually improve, or regenerate environmental conditions through less disturbance, keeping soils covered with residue or canopies, keeping live roots I the soil year round and be reintroducing animals into the whole system. While we cut our teeth promoting soil health through video and social media (Soil Stories; Under Cover farmers: Science of Soil Health; Merit or Myth; Growing Resilience) we do have several research and outreach projects that we are doing with farmers in South Carolina.

Podcasts

55 Gabe Brown Shares How Regenerative Agriculture is Breathing New Life into Farms, Soils and Society

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 30 seconds

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54 How to Structure a Win-Win Grazing Lease for Land and Livestock Owners

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 22 seconds

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53 Regenerative Farmers Share Most Important Practice for Soil Health Success

Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds

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52 How Father/Son Team is Cutting Input Costs and Increasing Yields

Published: May 30, 2023, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 59 seconds

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51 National Erosion Specialist Shares Mind-Blowing Truth about Soil Loss

Published: May 12, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 17 seconds

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50 The Cost of Tillage and Bare Soil in Extreme Conditions

Published: May 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 8 seconds

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49 Adaptive Grazing Masterclass with Allen Williams

Published: May 1, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 seconds

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48 Rancher Puts Cool Season Invasives in the Rearview with Adaptive Grazing

Published: April 20, 2023, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds

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47 SD Rancher's Unique Approach to Manage Cool Season Invasives

Published: April 6, 2023, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds

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46 Enhance Ranchland Profitability by Feeding Soil Microbes

Published: March 7, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds

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45 SDSUs Bauman Talks Rangeland Evolution, Tools and Future Success

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 4:47 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 49 seconds

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44 How Climate Smart Ag Can Make Your Land Work For You

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds

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43 How to Build Farm and Ranch Resilience with Climate Smart Practices

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 10:34 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds

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42 Rangeland Specialist Encourages Grassland Diversity to Achieve Resilience

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 seconds

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41 Ray Archuleta Follows Nature to Deliver Farm/Ranch Profit

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 33 seconds

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40 Unlock Year-Round Grazing through Common Sense Forage Plans

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 16 seconds

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39 How Rangeland Health and Livestock Work to Solve Environmental Issues

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 2:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds

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38 Biologist-Rancher Promotes Ranch Health with Prairie Dog Ecosystem

Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 2:19 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 46 seconds

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37 Biologist-Rancher Renovates Pasture for Wildlife and Livestock

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 21 seconds

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36 A Rural Videographer's Eye-Opening Journey Promoting Soil Health

Published: July 12, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds

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35 State Grazing Lands Specialist Reveals Top Tips for Driving Soil Health

Published: June 9, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 18 seconds

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34 Ranchers Rethink Rangeland Soil Health for Profit

Published: May 16, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 18 seconds

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33 Calving with Nature Cuts Costs for Year-Round Grazing

Published: April 26, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds

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32 Adaptive Management Applied

Published: March 21, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds

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31 Growing Rangeland Resilience

Published: March 8, 2022, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 9 seconds

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30 The Insights of an Involved Land Owner

Published: Feb. 14, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 15 seconds

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29 Integrating Livestock Back on the Land: Perennials (2/2)

Published: Jan. 31, 2022, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 33 seconds

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28 Integrating Livestock Back on the Land: Annuals (1/2)

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 15 seconds

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27 Exploring the Future of Ag with Dr. Dwayne Beck

Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 7:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 41 seconds

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26 Exploring the Benefits of Bale Grazing

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 31 seconds

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25 Increasing Grass Production Despite Drought

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 54 seconds

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24 Boosting Soil Biology through Grazing Management

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 22 seconds

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23 Bringing Prosperity Back to the Range

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 47 seconds

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22 Overcoming the Fear of Prescribed Burn

Published: June 21, 2021, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 35 seconds

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21 A Growing Problem: The Invasion of Eastern Red Cedar

Published: June 19, 2021, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 seconds

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20 Optimizing our Soils with Former NRCS State Conservationist Jeff Zimprich

Published: May 26, 2021, 5:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 17 seconds

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19 Increasing Rangeland Soil Health with Stan Boltz

Published: May 7, 2021, 3 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 24 seconds

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18 Promoting Healthy Grass in Cropland Country with Larry Wagner

Published: April 29, 2021, 11 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 11 seconds

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17 Growing Resilience Talks to Range Evangelist, James Halverson

Published: April 1, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 49 seconds

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16 A Practical View of Drought Planning with Mitch Faulkner

Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 6 seconds

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15 Integrating Drought Management with Jim Faulstich

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 10 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 52 seconds

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14 The Benefits of No-Till in Extreme Conditions

Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 28 seconds

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13 Resilience (Soil Structure, Conservation)

Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 12 seconds

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12 Resilience (Salinity, Small Grains)

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds

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11 Resilience (Weeds, Covers and Termination)

Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 11:01 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 29 seconds

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10 Plug and Plant - 2020 Planting Season and Priorities

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 45 seconds

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09 Plug and Plant - Moisture, Rutting and Covers

Published: July 27, 2020, 11 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds

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08 Plug and Plant - Jesse Hall

Published: July 13, 2020, 4 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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07 Plug and Plant - Barry and Eli Little

Published: June 2, 2020, 1:39 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 37 seconds

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06 Plug and Plant - Dr. Ray Weil

Published: April 27, 2020, 10:03 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 26 seconds

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05 Plug and Plant - Dr. Kris Nichols (2/2)

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 5:37 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 29 seconds

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04 Plug and Plant - Dr. Kris Nichols (1/2)

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 15 seconds

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03 Plug and Plant - Dr. Mark Liebig (2/2)

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 7 seconds

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02 Plug and Plant - Dr. Mark Liebig (1/2)

Published: Sept. 17, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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01 Plug and Plant: Dwayne Beck

Published: May 3, 2018, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 25 seconds

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