Tag Archives Manitoba Soil Science Society
Soil society modifies its Aug. 12 summer tour
Bus tour replaced with self-guided tour that requires registration
How Manitoba’s provincial soil was named
Ted Poyser, now retired soils specialist with the province vividly recalls the work that went into the Manitoba Soil Survey
High-disturbance seeding can be as erosive as a plow
Conservation tillage isn’t conserving as much soil as you thought. That’s why University of Manitoba soil scientist David Lobb says new tillage equipment is needed
VIDEO: Tillage erosion and how you can avoid it
Soil science professor says it can be the most damaging type of soil erosion
Handmade jewelry tells the story of Manitoba’s provincial soil
For the past five years members of Manitoba Soil Science Society have created the unique pendant/keychains, earrings, bracelets and rings with the distinct tricoloured soil of Newdale Clay Loam
Women’s 2015 conference focus on healthy soil
The Winkler event was well attended November 15 to 17
Roadside recognition for official provincial soil proposed
2015’s Year of the Soil a perfect time to get the idea off the ground, say Newdale residents
Struvite from manure safer in canola seed row
Manitoba Soil Science Society serves up a heaping helping of new research
National soil science meeting meets Manitoba mud
A look back in time on Manitoba's escarpment — and a vision of what the future could be
Dale and Caroline Steppler’s farm on the Manitoba Escarpment was shaped by glaciers, but today the challenge is keeping nutrients from running down to Lake Winnipeg
In an abandoned shale pit a busload of muddied-shoed soil scientists from across Canada and beyond peer back millions of years into the geological history of this part of the Manitoba Escarpment west of Miami. Marine dinosaur fossils are routinely discovered nearby in the bentonite clay formed from prehistoric volcanic ash. They once swam in