Assiniboine College soil health initiative designed to give farmers the tools to pick their own path when improving their farmland.
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Keeping soil health improvement flexible
Assiniboine College initiative designed to give farmers the tools to pick their own path
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
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 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
Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm
The "Off the Beaten Path" demonstration tour presented by BMO at the Ag in Motion farm show July 16-18, highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies at the 610-acre site, with the improved moisture levels in 2024 helping provide new data for the ongoing projects.
Soil: the great unifier
Senate soil report highlights shifting focus on core issues
Senate report, "Critical Ground: why soil is essential to Canada's economic, environmental, human and social health," marks a pivotal shift in how we value soil and soil health.
Prairie soil scientist and author Les Henry, 83
Henry's outreach to farmers spanned more than half a century
Glacier FarmMedia — Saskatchewan soil scientist Les Henry, well known for his work on improving Prairie farmland and his outreach to Prairie farmers in the pages of Grainews, has died. Ending a long fight with congestive heart failure, Henry died Friday in Saskatoon at age 83, having continued to write until very shortly before his
Soil should be a strategic national asset: Senate committee
The two-year study of Canada’s soils is now complete and recognizes that while conservation efforts over recent decades have been tremendous there is still more to be done
The Critical Ground: Why Soil is Essential to Canada’s Economic, Environmental, Human and Social Health report said Canada requires an overarching strategy to collect better data. It says a national soils institute database that shares information with provinces, academics and producers should be established.
Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study
Organic farmers across the country are invited to measure the benefits of soil management practices on their farms as part of a study led by Prairie organic organizations.
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