A wide variety of publicly available (online) soil management guidance has developed over the last twenty years to help farmers measure, monitor, manage and improve their soils. It has been developed and promoted by a wide variety of organisations - Defra, NGOs, trade bodies – even supermarkets.
We have looked to collate and present a library of the most recent and authoritative of these resources alongside relevant background detail (date, organisation responsible etc.) here:
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
This report synthesises the evidence on the relationship between soil structure and benefits, focusing mainly on agricultural, mineral soil.
AHDB
Advice for avoiding and reducing compaction due to livestock.
Environment Agency
Manual to improve understanding of natural capacity of soils to accept rain water.
Defra
Soil management regulations for compliance with the Water Framework Directive.
CREW / SRUC
Protection and improvement of farm soils, making farming more profitable.
Soil Association
Guide of simple practice to protect and improve soils.
Defra
Most recent cross-compliance standards (focus on rules).
SRUC
Series of factsheets covering a range of soils and soil quality issues.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS)
Guidance for soil and grassland.
Welsh Government / EA Wales
Guide to land resources management.
Defra / RPA
Practical and rules-based guidance for soil management, soil risk assessment, soil protection and remediation.
Defra / Natural England in association with Environment Agency
Protection of air, water and soil and meeting legal requirements.
Institute of Organic Training and Advice / Defra
Soil analysis guidance.
ADAS
Guide to practices for managing SOM on-farm.
ADAS
Guide to practices for managing SOM in agriculture.
ADAS
Guide to practices for managing SOM in upland agriculture.
Environment Agency
A guide to soil management for environmental protection and farm profitability.
Defra
Practical and rules-based guidance for soil management, soil risk assessment, soil protection and remediation.
Defra
Practical and rules-based guidance for soil management, soil risk assessment, soil protection and remediation.
Soil Management Initiative (SMI) / Vaderstad
Guidance for no or minimum tillage.
Forest Research
Providing rapid soil identification for good soil and forest management.
MAFF / Welsh Office Agriculture Department
A code of good agricultural practice for the protection of soil.
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Thorough review on soils packed full with info.
National Soil Resource Institute / Cranfield University
Guidance for protecting and enhancing soil structure.
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