Project Coordinator:
John Idowu (soilhealth@cornell.edu)

Project Leaders:
George Abawi (gsa1@cornell.edu)

Harold van Es (hmv1@cornell.edu)

David Wolfe (dww5@cornell.edu)

Cornell Soil Health Manual

This manual was developed to serve as a resource on soil health in the northeast, to provide information specific to the new Cornell Soil Health Test (background, methodologies, soil sampling protocol, and report interpretation) and suggested management strategies for improving soil health. This manual is still a work in progress. It is anticipated that revised editions will be published as needed.
It may be downloaded as a single pdf file (5.26 MB) or individual sections may be downloaded separately as outlined in the table of contents. The latter is suggested for those with dial-up or slower internet connection capabilities.

To purchase a hardcopy version visit the NYSAES Online Bookstore at https://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/store/catalog

or contact:

Gemma Osborne
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Barton Laboratory
630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456 USA
Phone: 315.787.2448
Fax: 315.787.2443
Email: gro2@cornell.edu

Adobe Acrobat Reader (or other pdf file reader) is needed to view the Soil Health Manual files. It can be downloaded for free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .

Revision History
This section lists the small yet significant changes made between editions and are indicated by the third number listed in the addition. (In this case Edition 1.2 became Edition 1.2.1). Please either make this change directly on the hardcopy if you have Edition 1.2 or print the corrected pages listed below.

Cornell Soil Health Assessment Training Manual Edition 1.2.1
p.27 Field penetration resistance: the greater than and less than signs were reversed in the two tables included under scoring function. (see pdf file)