Good soil health is crucial to our farming and growing systems. It provides the essential medium to grow our food and the foundation for our landscape.
Wider benefits such as sequestration and storage of carbon, the delivery of diverse ecosystems and regulation of waterways also need to be considered.
Our vision on soil health
Our vision for the future sees a coordinated industry approach covering the complex and varied nature of the soils ecosystem.
- Future policy on soil management will be flexible and not oversimplified.
- Following a free nationwide soil-testing programme data collection will be more reliable and robust.
- We will see a better knowledge exchange providing farmers and growers with the knowledge and skills they need to manage their soil better.
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