EcoTea is researching how full spectrum biology improves soil health and on-farm profitability.
The EcoTea Soil Health Discovery Project uses biological seed treatments (in soybeans) and in-furrow biological applications to demonstrate the benefit of diverse biology on emergence and plant resilience, as well as the long-term benefit to soil health.
The Project is in its first year at the Woodstock site (and third year at the Langham site). After 2 years of discovery at the Langham site, the EcoTea treated plots have already shown increased yield over untreated portions, as well as improvements to soil carbon levels and decreased in soil salinity. Now, we are examining the effects in a different soil type and different crop.
The benefit to growers from these applications is two-fold. Seed applied EcoTea allows for a more robust emergence in the spring. This is especially noticeable on lower quality soil, saline conditions, and lower nutrient areas. Additionally, EcoTea applied on seed or in-furrow in subsequent years adds millions of biological species to the soil, which works with the existing soil microbiome to improve soil aggregation, biodiversity, and soil fertility in the long term.
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The Field Reports are an annual overview of all activities that happened at Discovery Farm Langham during the growing season including demonstration research, events and knowledge transfer.