Soil health is a multi-faceted subject – plenty to consider and plenty of ways to take action whether you’re a farmer, or otherwise involved in agriculture.
But what is the easiest, simplest and most effective step any farmer can take to start improving their soil’s health?
Discover the opinions of our experts on this topic: Michael McNeill, Dianna Bagnall, Piero Torassa and Sarah Bell.
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Michael McNeill -
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Sarah Bell
Michael McNeill is a PhD agronomist trained at Iowa State University. In 1983 he started Ag Advisory Ltd, an independent agricultural consulting service providing genetic, agronomic and economic consultation for farmers. Michael also developed research work on remote sensing using GPS technologies involving aerial photographing of the land mass of a five-state area in the Midwest. He is currently researching methods to efficiently rejuvenate damaged agricultural soils.
Her research includes developing functions that show the effect of soil carbon on plant-available water, on-farm soil health assessments, qualitative analysis of farmer interviews, development of novel soil structure scanning methodology, and both measurement and modeling of preferential water flow in shrink-swell soils.
He graduated at the University of Genoa in Thermophysical of insulating materials and started his experience in the tire business after university.
During his daily work, he provides technical assistance for customers together with engineering and technical expertise.
His job also consists in testing tires. He monitors the tire performance and the quality of BKT’s products.
Sarah Bell is a farmer in Rutland. She holds a degree in Food Supply Chain Management, Agriculture and Food Science. Sarah is an OFC Emerging Leader and has completed the Windsor Women in Leadership programme. Sarah has trained with the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership and has a diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. She has spoken at the Financial Times Global Food Systems Summit and at the Oxford Farming Conference.
