http://orgprints.org/12077/ A New Approach to Humus Balancing in Organic Farming Brock, Christopher Hoyer, Uta Leithold, Günther Hülsbergen, Kurt-Jürgen Soil quality Humus balances provide a profitable approach for humus dynamics assessment in farming practice. Nevertheless, there is a clear demand for methodological adaptation. This article presents a new approach to humus balancing using reproducible algorithms for the estimation of balance coefficients. Humus balance coefficients for crops and organic fertilizers are estimated according to a bipartite algorithm. Humus demand is calculated on the basis of crop yields referring to the nitrogen household in the plant-soil system. Humus supply is derived from organic matter input with plant material and fertilizers. The new approach facilitates the adaptation of the method to new situations. 2008 Conference paper, poster, etc. NonPeerReviewed rtf http://orgprints.org/12077/1/Brock_12077_ed.doc Brock, Christopher; Hoyer, Uta; Leithold, Günther and Hülsbergen, Kurt-Jürgen (2008) A New Approach to Humus Balancing in Organic Farming. Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008. http://orgprints.org/12077/http://orgprints.org/12077/1/