Researchers study whether char from sugarbeet plants will improve soil

Char is spread onto research plots at the Mitchell Ag Lab, several miles north of the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center. The fine power is spread with a golf-course spreader.
Char is spread onto research plots at the Mitchell Ag Lab, several miles north of the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center. The fine power is spread with a golf-course spreader.

Scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have begun a multi-year study into whether high-carbon char, a fine, powdery coal dust left over from the processing of sugarbeets, will improve the soil if applied to farmers’ fields.

By Dave Ostdiek, Communications Associate
Panhandle Research and Extension Center

See full story at Panhandle Research and Extension Center News.

More details at: http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/panhandle/carbon-and-better-soil