Soil compaction and surface crusting degrade soil structure, reducing aeration and root penetration, and ultimately impacting crop performance. With the trend towards larger farms, more massive equipment and increasing unpredictability…
Using the long-term rotation experiment near Elora, ON (established 1980) to study the impacts of tillage and diversity of crop rotations on a number of agri-environmental factors.
Studying the impact of trees on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Monitoring soil and water quality after land-use change to biomass crops.
Assessing legacy P that exists in riparian buffer strips and the impact of freeze-thaw and flooding/drought on the cycling and release of this P to surface waters.
Using field and controlled-environment studies to investigate the relationships between cover crop species, soil test P levels, and P runoff losses from soils under freeze-thaw conditions.
Nitrogen losses from manure come at an economic cost to farmers in the form of lost nutrients, and an environmental cost in the form of nitrate leaching into surface waters.…
Healthy soils provide essential ecosystem services (e.g. nutrient recycling, carbon sequestration, climate regulation, and water filtration) that sustain plants, animals, and humans. The growing trend towards simplifying systems in Ontario…
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