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Learning Database

Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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Biochar can sequester carbon in soil – so why aren’t farmers using it?

One of the most effective and long-lasting ways farmers can move carbon from the atmosphere into the soil is to use biochar. But if it is so…
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Biochar Improves Manure Management

Fact Sheet: Biochar Improves Manure ManagementBiochar in manure management is good for the animals. Good for the environment.
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Fourth-Generation Dairy Family Powers the Future

The Scott family in 2012 proposed to build a state-of-the-art manure gasification system - based on the Fischer–Tropsch  process from early 20th…
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Biochar Atlas

The Biochar Atlas is an online, interactive tool from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service.
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Open Source Kiln Drawings: Oregon Kiln and Ring of Fire Kiln

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed flame cap kilns for an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant.
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Beyond Application Fact Sheet

This is the companion Fact Sheet to the BIOCHAR GUIDELINES FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS document.
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Biochar Crop Application Guidelines Espanol

Biochar Guidelines for Agriculture Applications (Part 1) - SPANISH EDITION 
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Biochar Crop Application Guidelines

Biochar Guidelines for Agriculture Applications (Part 1)    Practical insights for applying biochar to annual and perennial…
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Growing native plants with biochar

Scientists with the US Forest Service are evaluating two ways to use biochar to improve growth of native plants: coating seeds with biochar and adding…