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Soil Health Institute Reduce input costs, boost profitability, and protect your operation from disease, flooding, and drought by improving your soil health.

We’re here to help with free resources, contacts, and tools tailored to your region. Our mission is to safeguard and enhance the vitality and productivity of soil through scientific research and advancement.

Higher yield doesn’t always mean higher profit. For decades, yield has been one of the primary measures of success in ag...
10/07/2026

Higher yield doesn’t always mean higher profit.

For decades, yield has been one of the primary measures of success in agriculture. But as farmers navigate rising input costs, market volatility, and weather risk, there’s an opportunity to look at farm performance through a more holistic lens.

Our new factsheet “From Yield to Profitability: Changing the Conversation” explores why focusing on profitability rather than on yield alone is key to building resilient, sustainable farms.

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09/29/2026

“We’re not afraid to get out of our comfort zone,” says Ontario farmer Kate Vander Zaag.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41uLndxHP3Q

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09/28/2026

Sampling in heavy clay soils got you frustrated? Here’s how to select aggregates in the field.

Check out the rest of the series for the full picture on now to sample for soil health: soilhealthinstitute.org/news-events/how-to-sample-soil-for-accurate-results/



This series is made possible with support from industry partners and the Advancing Markets for Pacific Northwest Potatoes, Industrial H**p, and Commodities from American Indian Reservations Project, a partnership led by Dr. Jeff Steiner at Oregon State University and funded by the USDA-NRCS.

09/24/2026

🌱 New soil health resources on the PSA Education Portal!

PSA is excited to highlight new materials and resources from PSA nonprofit organization member, Soil Health Institute. The collection includes articles, videos, webinars and other resources designed to help growers and the broader potato community learn more about soil health and practical, science-based approaches to sustainable agriculture.

Log in to the PSA Education Portal to explore the new Soil Health Institute resources and keep building your sustainability knowledge!

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09/24/2026

Did you miss the webinar featuring Hans Schmitz, a Farmers for Soil Health technical advisor and Indiana Agriculture Nutrient Alliance member, and Woody Nichols, farmer and owner of Nichols Land & Livestock?

Watch it today to learn more about how Schmitz and Nichols approach cover crops, rotational grazing and soil health practices in row-crop farming.

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Soil Health Institute
The Center for Regenerative Agriculture

Hear from California cotton farmers at a free soil health field day October 8. CEUs available!Cotton farmer Doug Britton...
09/18/2026

Hear from California cotton farmers at a free soil health field day October 8. CEUs available!

Cotton farmer Doug Britton and SHI Farmer-Mentor Gary Martin will tell you what has worked for them, what hasn’t, and what it took to get there as San Joaquin Valley cotton farmers.

Dr. Shaharoona and Elizabeth Hessom from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Noah Link from the Carbon Cycle Institute, and educator Madeline Tomé from SHI will be there to talk through soil health, state and local programs that can help cover the upfront cost of trying something new, and support for water management.

Stay for a free taco lunch, pick up some CEUs, and see what soil health looks like on a cotton farm!

Free registration: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MV87Z5j0kV

Coalinga College Firebaugh Center Farm of the Future
900 O St.
Firebaugh, CA
October 8, 9 am-1 pm

09/17/2026

Aggregate stability is an essential indicator of soil health, but only if you don’t destroy the aggregates on the way to the lab.

Here’s how to collect your soil aggregates using a shovel and knife.

This series is made possible with support from industry partners and the Advancing Markets for Pacific Northwest Potatoes, Industrial H**p, and Commodities from American Indian Reservations Project, a partnership led by Dr. Jeff Steiner at Oregon State University and funded by the USDA-NRCS.

09/15/2026

In Part 4 of our soil sampling series, we’re sharing how to collect core samples for soil health tests.

Watch and save yourself a re-sampling trip!

This series is made possible with support from industry partners and the Advancing Markets for Pacific Northwest Potatoes, Industrial H**p, and Commodities from American Indian Reservations Project, a partnership led by Dr. Jeff Steiner at Oregon State University and funded by the USDA-NRCS.

09/14/2026

Tune in on Sept. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT to hear from Marshall McDaniel, Ph.D., a soil scientist at Iowa State University, as he shares what his research reveals about the belowground benefits of cover crops and diversified rotations.

Register today: bit.ly/4fwFAu9

Soil Health Institute
The Center for Regenerative Agriculture

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2803 Slater Road
Morrisville, NC
27560

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