Generally, there are five main practices to improve the health of your soil:

1. Limited disturbance – People and animals may have to track through your soil, but limiting any disturbances can improve your crop growth.
2. Drainage – Creating proper irrigation drainage will reduce erosion and help roots absorb water.
3. Diversity – Introducing diversity means doing so across your operation with diverse crop rotations in your soils.
4. Maximize living roots  – Maintaining live roots within the soil provides the food that earthworms and microbial organisms need to produce essential nutrients that your plant needs.
5. Integrate animals – Integrating livestock balances the ratio of carbon to nitrogen, encourages regrowth, and reduces the export of plant health nutrients within soils.