What's the dirt on soil carbon?

Loam’s Grower Communications Manager Dan Reid chats to Loam’s Senior Carbon Agronomist Phil Peterson.

Dan chats to Phil about some of the common questions that they hear from growers when discussing soil carbon. 

This episode covers:

• What's the dirt on soil carbon?
• What is CO2e?
• Does tillage affect carbon stocks?

Send in your curly carbon questions to the team through twitter, facebook or instagram. 

Calculations
Soil Organic Carbon (%) x 10,000 (m2) x Bulk Density (g/cm3) x soil depth (m) = Tonnes SOC/ha

For more detail; https://www.soilquality.org.au/factsheets/organic-carbon

For example:
SOC 1.2%
BD 1.3g/cm3
Soil sample depth 100cm
1.2% x 10,000 (m2) x 1.3 (g/cm3) x 0.1 (m) = 1560T/ha
or a carbon build of 0.002%/yr
0.002% x 10,000m x 1.3g/cm3 x 0.1m2 = 2.6T SOC/ha/yr

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