After eight years, the Midwest Cover Crops Council Conference is returning to Ontario! SOILS AT GUELPH is proud to co-host this virtual conference from February
Soils at Guelph partnered with Grain Farmers of Ontario to host two webinars showcasing research from 65 years of long-term rotation trials at the Elora
The impact of cover crops on profit margins is a long-contested subject, but new data from the University of Guelph shows some clear winners and losers.
We are excited to announce planning is underway for a conference with the Midwest Cover Crop Council on February 24, 2021!
We are pleased to announce two new resources for Ontario farmers from the Midwest Cover Crop Council! First up: a new-and-improved Cover Crop Decision Tool.
If your experience has been similar to mine, you’ve noticed a recent shift in your vocabulary. “Unprecedented”, “pivot”, “new normal” are now sprinkled in conversation.
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 is understudied.
First published in the Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine: https://ontariograinfarmer.ca/2020/08/01/scaling-up-soil-health-research/ There are a lot of factors that determine whether you win or lose with cover crops.
First published in Farmtario: https://farmtario.com/crops/lasting-impact-technology-helps-living-soils-knowledge/ This article is the final instalment of a three-part series highlighting lessons learned from two long-term crop rotation experiments at
First published in Farmtario: https://farmtario.com/crops/lasting-impact-the-secret-to-increasing-carbon-is-in-the-soil/ This article is part two of a three-part series highlighting lessons learned from two long-term crop rotation experiments at the
Our post-doc Dr. Micaela Tosi working with Dr. @karidunfield is presenting her #research on prairie #restoration and #soil #microbes.
You can learn more about her research here: https://ses.uoguelph.ca/people/micaela-tosi https://twitter.com/bdaisley/status/1541444608013508609
Micaela Tosi from the @karidunfield lab discusses how prairie restoration acts to promote mutualistic #fungal taxa in soil while reducing opportunistic #plant pathogens 🦠🌾 @csm_scm2022 @CSM_SCM @UofG_MCB @uofg
Soil organisms are essential for most of the ecosystem services provided by soils that make life possible on Earth.
🤎 Life belowground encompasses a spectacular range of organisms! Check some of them below ⬇️
🔍 More ➡️ https://www.fao.org/resources/digital-reports/soil-biodiversity/en/
Field Trip! #SoilsAtGuelph planning our field demo for the @outdoorfarmshow, Sept 13,14,15, 2022. In Person! Hope to see you there #ontag @AgInnovationOnt #lauravaneerd
It's Newsletter time: Cover crops, Business case for soil health, looking back and looking ahead.
#Soil #UofG #SciCom #SoilHealth
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