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Four main criteria have been developed by the soil health community of researchers, agricultural service providers, and practitioners to select indicators and methods for high‐through‐put soil test laboratories (Larson & Pierce, 1991; Mausbach & Seybold, 1998; Doran & Zeiss, 2000; Moebius et al., 2007; Norris et al., 2020):

1 Soil Health Indicator Effectiveness (short‐term sensitivity to management, usefulness)

2 Production Readiness (ease of use, cost effectiveness for labs and producers)

3 Measurement Repeatability

4 Interpretability for agricultural management decisions (directionally understood, management influence known, regional potential ranges known, outcome thresholds).

These were developed using scientific literature and robust discussions in a series of workshops coordinated by the Farm Foundation and Noble Research Institute through the Soil Renaissance program between 2014 and 2016 (https://www.farmfoundation.org/projects/the‐soil‐renaissance‐knowledge‐to‐sustain‐earths‐most‐valuable‐asset‐1873‐d1/). Understanding that soil health is a dynamic and evolving component of soil science, we recognize that both the indicators and methods recommended within these two volumes could change. Potential factors leading to changes may include identification of: (1) new or different critical soil processes, (2) more‐responsive SH indicators, and/or (3) better methods of assessment. Furthermore, because of the dynamic nature of soil health assessment, we suggest information in these volumes be reviewed in three to 5 yr or a decade at most.