Unearthing the Secrets of Soil Health: Exploring Benefits, Sustainable Methods, and Agricultural Impact

By Cotton Grower Staff|September 2, 2023

We all know that healthy plants require healthy soil – it’s the literal basis necessary for plants to thrive. Practically speaking, soil health is an obvious concern for every grower. The better your soil, the better the quality of your crops, and the higher your yield.

In Soil Health – the latest report in Meister Media Worldwide’s Global Insight Series – we take a look at the ways in which we can foster healthy, productive soil with the intention of mitigating the risks that external forces pose. And more specifically for cotton, taking a look at the value that regenerative farming practices bring to cotton production.

As author Bill Robertson writes, “Regenerative agriculture production in cotton requires producers to improve the health of the soil to provide an optimum environment for the plant to build a root system. The producer must also employ cultural practices to encourage the plant to focus more of its resources on building a bigger, better root system. Only when both conditions exist will reducing inputs be successful in consistently improving profitability in a regenerative cotton production system.”

You can find the full report here.