Soil/Tillage
The environmental commissioner of Ontario has released a report outlining opportunities and challenges involved in increasing carbon content in soil. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Canadian farmers are world leaders in developing and adopting soil management practices that are changing the face of Canadian agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service are looking at how farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Blindly applying manure to a field is a lot like navigating a certain creek without a paddle – it doesn’t work. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Soil is one of the common factors that bring all agriculture together. Regardless of what you farm, the quality of the soil is important. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust is pleased to announce their 2013 recipients – Gayl Creutzberg, Clayton Robins and E. Blake Vince. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
For the agriculture industry, soil moisture is an important variable for decision-making and risk management. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Arecent study completed at the University of Alberta found that production practices can affect soil microbial diversity. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Snow can help boost dryland crop productivity according to research done by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
AGCO has introduced the new Challenger MT700D series of track tractors designed for agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It was the Ides of March 2010, when Scott Chalmers stopped to take the photo above. The moderating winter temperature soared to 4.5 at Melita, Manitoba, that sunny day Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A popular notion may not be correct, after all. Many people think that in wet years, crop roots do not grow deep into the soil because all the soil moisture the plant needs is near the surface. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Good farm science takes time and good weather. At the Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA) farm north of Brandon, a study on variable rate treatments for nitrogen fertility is going into another year. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Crop rotations are designed to maintain crop and soil health to ensure long-term sustainability. Crop sequences deal with the effects of previous crops on current crop choice. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When they throw the “kitchen sink” at soybeans, researchers find narrow rows and foliar fungicide give the best bang-for-the-buck. For maximum soybean yields, these two factors are standing out as essential in a three-year, six-state research project that has been focused on improving soybean yields. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It’s silent, but there’s definitely a dialogue going on under your feet when pulse seed is germinating, says Jeff Bennett, agronomist with Novozymes BioAg Canada, Saskatoon. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Managing soils is an ongoing process and most growers are very aware of what they need to do to maintain soil health. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Flooding in parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba delayed, and sometimes prevented, seeding in 2011. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Great Plains Manufacturing recently unveiled its new 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art conference center. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
As spring arrives, so can emergence issues if growers don't focus on reducing early planting and high residue problems, according experts from Pioneer Hi-Bred. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!