Soil building and pest population management benefits can be further utilized with different complexities of crop rotation.

* Soil Science – study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping ; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils ; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping ; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils ; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.

* Soil fertility / Nutrient management

Soil type, minimum annual temperature, and rainfall are important factors in pasture management.

In the United States, federal programs administered through local Soil and Water Conservation Districts provide technical assistance and partial funding to farmers who wish to implement management practices to conserve soil and limit erosion.

** Soil conservation, management strategies for prevention of soil being eroded from the earth ’ s surface or becoming chemically altered

Soil conservation is a set of management strategies for prevention of soil being eroded from the Earth ’ s surface or becoming chemically altered by overuse, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination.

Soil management, or direct human interaction with the soil, is another mechanism of anthropogenic change studied by historical ecologists.

Soil management can take place through rearranging soils, altering drainage patterns, and building large earthen formations.

Soil conditioners can be used to improve poor soils, or to rebuild soils which have been damaged by improper management.

* Soil management projects attempt to preserve or increase the amount of carbon sequestered in soil.

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