Soil Health: Improvement Guide
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BY Linda Schott, Courtney Cosdon, Jackie Jamison
February 2, 2026
Healthy soils are the foundation of productive, profitable, and sustainable farming systems. But they are complex environments. In the second of a two-bulletin soil health series, learn the fundamentals of assessing soil health: how to identify healthy soil and a four-step framework to use to improve it when it’s not.