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 wheat in rotation By Jennifer Glenney,
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No season lasts forever
April 24, 2020
Who could have predicted that this is how we would start the new decade? COVID is well on track to break every health crisis record for the last half-century (at
Reducing nitrogen losses with 4R fertilizer management
April 7, 2020
Banger, K., C. Wagner-Riddle, B.B. Grant, W.N. Smith, C. Drury and J. Yang. 2020. Modifying fertilizer rate and application method reduces environmental nitrogen losses and increases corn yield in Ontario.
Measuring soil organic matter with your smartphone
March 31, 2020
Fu, Y., P. Taneja, S. Lin, W. Ji, V. Adamchuk, P. Daggupati, Biswas, A. 2019. Predicting soil organic matter from cellular phone images under varying soil moisture. Geoderma: 114020. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114020
Impact of Pastures and Forages on Soil Organic Carbon in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario
March 26, 2020
Article written by Cameron Ford, Marketing & Development Coordinator, Northern Ontario Farm Innovation AllianceReposted with permission from: https://www.nofia-agri.com/post/carbon-sequestration-and-agricultural-land-uses On February 13 2020 Susantha Jayasundara, Research Associate in the School of
Managing cover crops in Ontario – north, south, east, and west
March 11, 2020
A new multi-year, multi-site cover crop research project is kicking off this spring in Ontario. Read about it in this Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine article, or see the project link
Finding a trusted soil health test
March 2, 2020
Hargreaves, S.K., P. DeJong, K. Laing, T. McQuail and L.L. Van Eerd. 2019. Management sensitivity, repeatability and consistency of interpretation of soil health indicators on organic farms in southwestern Ontario.
Measuring soil health improvements with cover crops in vegetable production
February 24, 2020
Chahal, I. and Van Eerd, L.L. 2019. Quantifying soil quality in a horticultural-cover cropping system. Geoderma 352: 38-48. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.05.039.Research summary written by Cameron Ogilvie Key messages This study compared 3
A year in review
December 20, 2019
There’s less and less margin in our world these days. Running from one meeting to the next, plowing up to the river’s edge. Humanity and humus both hard-pressed for rest.
A 40-year legacy – Special “Talk Dirty To Me” episode on World Soil Day
December 5, 2019
Howard Buffet wrote in his recent book that the average farmer realistically has only “40 Chances” to grow a crop, so what should be done to make the best use
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