Poyser Lecture in Soil Health – Linking soil health to crop yield and resiliency based on BMPs: Can it be done? Can it be scaled?

March 5, 2025|

Dr. Laura Van Eerd presents March 5 at 12 noon CST at the 2^nd Annual Ted Poyser Memorial Lecture in Soil Health on the topic “Linking soil health to crop yield and resiliency based on BMPs: Can it be done? Can it be scaled?”. Soil health awareness has grown significantly in recent years, but standard measures of soil function remain undefined, as do the best indicators to quantify it. Crop yield, a key measure for farm economics, is linked to soil health, yet this relationship is poorly characterized, especially regarding better management practices (BMPs). Long-term experiments exploring the effects of practices like tillage, crop rotation, and cover crops on yield and soil properties can help identify BMPs that enhance both productivity and resiliency. Advancing this knowledge is vital for developing scalable tools that promote BMP adoption and measurable impacts across agricultural landscapes.