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The project may look simple from above ground, but underground many sensors and scales take complex soil measures.

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 10, 2016

A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The project, at the new Soil

Crops, Forages

Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation

Without these six key ingredients, your soil — and your farm — could be in trouble

By Jennifer Blair September 26, 2016

Farms and grazing operations — organic or otherwise — are only as good as their worst resource, according to Oregon-based grazier Abe Collins. “Soil is our primary infrastructure on the farm,” said Collins, who spoke at the recent Organic Alberta conference. “Biologically, chemically, and physically, you need to be looking at the limiting factors in

Grazier Neil Dennis indicates what he looks for in animal manure to help determine the health of pasture soil.

Livestock

Clues to soil health lie in the patties

By Jennifer Paige August 29, 2015

If you want a quick indicator of pasture soil health, just flip the flops. “When I am in my pastures I will flip the cow patties over and I want to see as many holes as I can because that is a sign of fertility,” Dave Pogson, a grazier from Clearwater told the recent Manitoba

Crops, News

Promoting conservation agriculture in Africa

Canadian Foodgrains Bank will receive federal funds to scale  up smallholder adoption  

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 11, 2015

Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) has received $14 million from the federal government to scale up conservation agriculture programs in three African countries. The funding provided on a three-to-one matching basis, will enable the organization to assist 50,000 farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, up from 5,000 farmers it is currently assisting, it says in a

Crops, Opinion

Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn

Change is needed so that valuable, non-renewable fertilizers are recycled

By Berkeley Release, University Of California June 2, 2015

Steadily and alarmingly, humans have been depleting Earth’s soil resources faster than the nutrients can be replenished. If this trajectory does not change, soil erosion, combined with the effects of climate change, will present a huge risk to global food security over the next century, warns a review paper authored by some of the top

Daily Network News

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Soil health sensor project largest in North America

Six limiting factors in your soil that will make or break your operation

Clues to soil health lie in the patties

Promoting conservation agriculture in Africa

Human security at risk as depletion of soil accelerates, scientists warn

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