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September 13, 2021
It’s been eighteen months. Eighteen months since students stepped foot here on the Guelph campus, eighteen months since I had a London Fog in the
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Split nitrogen applications are an economic and environmental win-win in dry years
August 18, 2021
Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture has been increasing; unfortunately, the same is true for nitrogen losses to the environment. Weather, as well as the frequency and timing of nitrogen applications, can affect how efficiently nitrogen is used by the crop to produce yield and how much is lost. One way to improve nitrogen fertilizer use in corn is to split the application so that some is applied at planting and the rest is applied in the growing crop. Farmers can then adjust the rate and timing of the second application depending on the weather.
Hold your P! Measuring phosphorus loss from cover crops
July 19, 2021
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plant growth – including the algae that grow in rivers and lakes. When phosphorus is lost from agricultural soils into waterways, it can allow algae to grow rapidly, which causes problems for fish and humans.
Regrouping
June 7, 2021
You can’t stay on the mountaintop forever. After an incredible start to 2021 with the Midwest Cover Crops Council Conference in February, we’ve been taking
Estimating soil’s ability to hold water by combining field sensor measurements
June 4, 2021
Reem Zeitoun, Mark Vandergeest, Hiteshkumar Bhogilal Vasava, Pedro Vitor Ferrari Machado, Sean Jordan, Gary Parkin, Claudia Wagner-Riddle, and Asim Biswas. 2021. In-situ estimation of soil
Nitrogen inhibitors reduced N2O emissions without permanently changing soil microbial communities
April 13, 2021
Mica Tosi, Shannon Brown, Pedro Ferrari Machado, Claudia Wagner-Riddle, and Kari Dunfield. 2020. Short-term response of soil N-cycling genes and transcripts to fertilization with nitrification
Crop rotation diversity improves yield resilience
April 12, 2021
Timothy Bowles, et al. 2020. Resilience to adverse growing conditions in North America. One Earth 2: 284-293. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.02.007Study Summary by William Milson and Cameron Ogilvie
Virtual adventures
March 30, 2021
Wow! What a busy start to 2021! With the Midwest Cover Crop Council Conference wrapping up in late February and gearing up for planting season,
When More Isn’t Better: Thoughts from the world’s #1 management thinker on farm resilience
March 18, 2021
“I have a view worth hearing, but I might be missing something.” This is the attitude of an innovator described by top business mind, Roger
Focus on continuous living cover, not adding more crops to rotation, to see soil carbon gains
January 27, 2021
Alison King, Katelyn Congreves, Bill Deen, Kari Dunfield, Myna Simpson, Paul Voroney, and Claudia Wagner-Riddle. 2020. Crop rotations differ in soil carbon stabilization efficiency, but
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New upcoming webinar featuring @UofG_SES profs @UoGAgMet and @BiswasSoilLab: discussing greener ag systems and how new #agtech can boost the natural economy in #Canada and #Scotland!
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New #scipub from @UoGAgMet @UofG_SES and @FAREUofG authors: Optimizing agronomic N rates increases profit and decreases nitrate losses! More effective to get the right rate than placement, timing, or source.
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