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The Dirt by Loam
Brought to you by Loam, 'The Dirt' takes a closer look at how new technologies (particularly CarbonBuilder), science, and land management strategies can increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and turn your dirt into healthier agricultural soils.
Dan Reid from the Loam talks to farmers as well as experts from Loam and the agriculture industry about the basics of increasing carbon build, integrating new technologies on-farm, and participating in SecondCrop soil carbon projects in Australia.
The Dirt by Loam
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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