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These are the most relevant HGCA publications to the management of soils.
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Link
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Soil2crop - soil management and cultivation practices |
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Link
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Sow2succeed - drilling within the context of whole farm planning and risk management |
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G07
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'Precision farming' of cereals - practical guidelines and crop nutrition |
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TS70
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Assessing within-field soil variability |
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TS65
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Reducing costs of establishing and managing wheat |
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G27
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Soil management for sustainable profit 2005 |
In addition HGCA contributed to the ARF Soil Management Gateway -www.appliedresearchforum.org/soils - which is a collaboration between the agricultural levy boards to put together as many aspects as possible about soil. The 6 case studies that HGCA commissioned can be seen below, together with 4 other relevant examples.
ARF Soil management gateway Case Studies
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No.
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Soil factor
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Enterprise
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| 1 |
Water erosion case study
 (219kb)
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Potatoes, carrots, winter wheat, winter oats, spring barley. |
| 2 |
Compaction
(311kb)
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Potatoes, outdoor pigs, combinable crops |
| 3 |
Wind erosion
(568kb) |
Potatoes, onions, carrots, barley, sweet corn, sugar beet, triticale |
| 4 |
Compaction
(834kb)
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Potatoes, winter and spring combinable crops |
| 8 |
Slumping and capping
(693kb) |
Cereals, oilseeds, beans, potatoes |
| 9 |
Water erosion
(173kb)
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Combinable crops |
| 10 |
Wind erosion
(978kb)
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Combinable crops |
| 11 |
Waterlogging
(546kb)
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Wheat, barley, oilseed rape, beans |
| 12 |
Compaction
(1013kb)
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Combinable crops |
| 13 |
Yield variation
(970kb) |
Cereals and dairy |
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