The project aims to improve land manager confidence in the measuring and monitoring of soil health by improving our understanding of which soil metrics are most suitable to evaluate as early indicators of soil health changes. There will be 2 key outcomes to this work:
- a list of early indicators of soil health that have been found to be the most useful and practicable on-farm in terms of contribution to both agricultural productivity and environmental function.
- A farmer-friendly interpretation framework to sit alongside the list of early indicators of soil health. We will also be submitting a final report to AHDB which summarizes our selection process, the creation of the interpretation framework and any avenues for future research.
