Meet the Subsurfer

In this episode, Nina Prater, a sustainable agriculture specialist with NCAT's southeast office in Fayetteville, Arkansas, talks with Dr. Phillip Owens and Dr. Amanda Ashworth about a new piece of farm technology called a subsurfer.

Dr. Owens is research leader with the Dale Bumpers Small-Farm Research Center in Booneville, Arkansas, and Dr. Ashworth is a research soil scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

The subsurfer inserts dry poultry litter into the soil without tilling the soil. It was originally designed for use in pastures, but Dr. Ashworth has been conducting research on the use of this technology in organic edamame and sweet corn production.

Related Resources
Arsenic in Poultry Litter: Organic Regulations
Edamame: Vegetable Soybean
Sweet Corn: Organic Production
Nutrient Cycling in Pastures

Other Resources:
Effect of Seeding Distance from Subsurface Banded Poultry Litter on Corn Yield and Leaf Greenness
The Subsurfer

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