Laura studies how cover crops and other agricultural management practices benefit soil, plant, and environmental health.
Laura Van Eerd
Projects:
Improving Cover Crop Management: Cover Crop Mixtures With Different Termination Methods
Integration and management of cover crops is challenging due to the immediate time and cost constraints while potential benefits may be long-term. Adjusting cover crop production methods may balance these challenges while meeting producer goals. But th …
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Publications:
Cumulative impact of cover crops on soil carbon sequestration and profitability in a temperate humid climate
Increased nitrogen retention by cover crops: implications of planting date on soil and plant nitrogen dynamics
News:
Diversify crop rotations to improve yield and soil health
The corn-soybean rotation is the dominant cropping system on farmland throughout central Canada and the midwestern United States. However, long-term …
Hold your P! Measuring phosphorus loss from cover crops
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plant growth – including the algae that grow in rivers and lakes. When phosphorus …
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Welcome Heather White (@hfreckle22), the new Knowledge Mobilization and Communications Coordinator for @SoilsAtGuelph!
Soils at Guelph is an outreach initiative led by several of our researchers (@LauraVanEerd, @karidunfield, @UoGAgMet) connecting #science with #stakeholders. https://twitter.com/SoilsAtGuelph/status/1523641439116275712
Welcome, Heather White (@hfreckle22) the new Knowledge Mobilization & Communications Coordinator for @SoilsAtGuelph!
Click here to learn more about all the amazing work Heather has done in the #OntAg community
https://soilsatguelph.ca/soils-at-guelph-welcomes-spring-and-a-new-coordinator/
Snows gone! Time to start spring stand counts in our #covercrop trial!
What a beautiful morning!
@JoshNasielski @LauraVanEerd #ocrcnl #uofg #researchnorth
