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The corn-soybean rotation is the dominant cropping system on farmland throughout central Canada and the midwestern United States. However, long-term research shows that this
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The corn-soybean rotation is the dominant cropping system on farmland throughout central Canada and the midwestern United States. However, long-term research shows that this
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Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture has been increasing; unfortunately, the same is true for nitrogen losses to the environment. Weather, as well as the
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Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plant growth – including the algae that grow in rivers and lakes. When phosphorus is lost from agricultural
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Plants can’t access all of the water that’s stored in the soil. Some water is held tightly in very small pores, some water freely
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Using fertilizer efficiently is vital for managing agroecosystems sustainably. It makes the most of crop productivity while protecting the environment. As agriculture has intensified,
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The warming of the earth’s climate and an increasing global population is presenting enormous challenges for the agricultural industry to increase food production. More
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Diverse crop rotations – those with a greater variety of crops over time – have been recently promoted as a means to conserve
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To till or not to till, if only there was an easy answer! Thankfully, a long-term research trial at the Ontario Crops Research Centre-Ridgetown
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While cover cropping is a promising option for increasing soil carbon storage in the long-term, the economic return on cover crops in cropping systems
