Soil compaction reduces crop yields and harms long-term field health. By managing equipment traffic and choosing the right crops, farmers can protect soil structure and boost productivity and sustainability.
Soil health
Watch where you’re driving: deliberate field traffic can minimize compaction
Most compaction happens in the first pass and pre-planning paths for equipment can reduce soil damage
Boost your fall soil sampling game
Farmers urged to expand soil testing regimen with multiple sub-samples, deeper samples and including unproductive field acres
Farmers urged to expand soil testing regimen with multiple sub-samples, deeper samples and including unproductive field acres.
Critical Ground highlights the need for research
Report calls for soil protection and designation as a national resource
The Senate's Critical Ground soil report makes 25 recommendations, including designating soil as a national strategic resource, creating a national soil database and appointing a national soil advocate.
Critical Ground highlights the need for research during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
The Senate's "Critical Ground" soil report makes 25 recommendations including designating soil as a national strategic resource, creating a national soil database and appointing a national soil advocate.
Manitoba slow to adopt precision soil sampling
Flatter regions still have enough variability to warrant zone sampling, soil scientist says
Manitoba producers have been slow to embrace precision soil sampling. One industry representative says they're missing out on crop benefits.
Recovering Manitoba’s peat bogs
Brandon researchers trial peatland restoration method in Elma bog
Horticulture grade peat is an important industry for Manitoba. Researchers are looking to keep the peat bogs that source it healthy and rejuvinated.
Soil pit demonstrates soil history and health
Clay deposits from glacial flooding make region’s soils among world’s best
Saskatchewan soil pit demonstrates soil history and health
KAP to pursue soil health roundtable
Keystone Agricultural Producers is looking for other commodity group partners on the initiative
Keystone Agricultural Producers is looking for other commodity group partners on a soil health roundtable following Senate report calling for more action on soil health improvement.
Does soil health pay the bills?
The answer to that simple question is very complex, recent research shows
Accurately measuring the financial gains or losses of prioritizing soil health is very complex, recent research shows
Soil testing on the rise
‘Skyrocket’ in soil testing popularity noted by crop nutrition company
More growers are now using soil tests to measure and manage crop nutrition needs.
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