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    ON-SITE RESEARCH

    CCSI Interim Reports: Soil Health Investigations

    From 2012-2016, fourteen farmers around Indiana worked with CCSI and Purdue Agronomy to research the effects of long-term cover cropping, rotating crops and its effects on soil health. These interim reports provide results for the 2015-2016 cropping seasons.

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    These documents are for informational purposes only.

    They may not be published in part or in full without the authors’ consent.

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    Purdue Extension Publication: How to Understand and Interpret Soil Health Tests

    Sampling Protocols

    Purdue Agricultural Centers - Summary Report, 2017

    Summary Report – Farmer Sites, 2017

    Marshall Alford, Dearborn County

    Mike Brocksmith, Knox County

    Dan DeSutter, Fountain County

    Larry Huffmeyer, Ripley County

    Cameron Mills, Cass County

    Rodney Rulon, Hamilton County

    Jamie Scott, Kosciusko County

    Mike Shuter, Madison County

    Kurt Stahl, Warrick County

    SWCD Farm, Wabash County

    Don Villwock, Daviess County

    VUJC, Dubois County

    Roger Wenning, Decatur County

    Mike Werling, Adams County

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    Journal of Soil and Water Conservation - State-wide soil health programs for education and on-farm assessment: Lessons learned 

    CCSI 2012 CIG Final Report (public)

    CCSI 2012 CIG Final Report (NRCS version)

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