Necessity is the mother of…innovation?
September 4, 2020
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.
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Is it profitable to store carbon with cover crops?
August 28, 2020
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.
Scaling up soil health research with precision agriculture
August 27, 2020
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.
Lasting impact: Technology helps living soils knowledge
August 21, 2020
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
Lasting impact: The secret is in the soil
August 6, 2020
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
Lasting impact: The penalty of poor rotation
August 6, 2020
First published in Farmtario: https://farmtario.com/crops/lasting-impact-the-penalty-of-poor-crop-rotations/ This article is part one of a three-part series highlighting lessons learned from two long-term crop rotation experiments at the
What’s the matter with red clover?
July 24, 2020
Cameron Ogilvie, Cora Loucks, Heather Beach, Peter Johnson, and Ralph Martin. 2020. Survey of interseeded red clover management and perceived challenges by Ontario wheat growers.
The soil-plant-microbe dance
June 29, 2020
Micaela Tosi, Eduardo Kovalski Mitter, Jonathan Gaiero, and Kari Dunfield. 2020. It takes three to tango: the importance of microbes, host plant and soil management to elucidate
Updating our understanding of the soil organic matter-crop yield connection
May 13, 2020
Alison King, Genevieve Ali, Adam Gillespie, Claudia Wagner-Riddle. 2020. Soil organic matter as catalyst of crop resource capture. Frontiers in Environmental Science. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00050Research summary
Making headlines!
April 27, 2020
Our soil scientists have been in the news lately! Find out what they’re up to in the articles listed below: Study shows added benefits of
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"It’s not a simple thing to look at a 2,000-acre grain operation and say, 'let’s incorporate cover crops.'"
New article feat #ontag farmer @farmerstrang and #UofG @RidgetownCampus prof Richard Vyn on the complexity of adopting #covercrops
https://farmtario.com/crops/cover-crop-adoption-decisions-are-complex/
I wish there was more of this!Majority of erosion occurs in the fall and spring. Worked soybean ground has 0% cover. Some risk with early frost but I expect good success in SW ON. Minimal expense. Even if we get 4” top like wheat. Blend with fert = no extra time when busy. https://twitter.com/JoshBoersen/status/1463859994441433092
Less is very often more with #cover crops. 30 lbs Oats broadcast with light incorporation after manure.
We planted these mid september and they are already as thick as we'd like to have going into winter.
NEW! study summary from @karidunfield lab in collab with @soilecologyUMan: A case of how past soil management can lead to luxury phosphorus uptake, comparing #manure/#fertilizer use efficiency. Have a read ⤵️
#LetsTalkSoil #UofG @UofG_SES
https://soilsatguelph.ca/past-management-impacts-phosphorus-availability/
