Managing soil health issues can help farmers build back yield in unproductive patches of the field.
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Know where and why yields are low in your fields
Managing soil health issues can help farmers build back yield in unproductive patches of the field
Organic farms need soil testing too
Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Get better crops by understanding soil pH
The soil pH in your field can affect yields, nutrient availability and crop protection efficacy
Soil pH in a field impacts crop nutrient availability and growth. Regular soil testing helps Canadian farmers optimize harvest yields and soil health.
Focus on soil health can arm against salinity
Soil health speakers urge farmers to avoid bare ground, test with soil health in mind
Soil salinity threatens agricultural productivity and long-term soil health, but innovative, nature-based solutions exist, regenerative ag advocates say.
Verticillium finds friendly ground in alkaline soil
Research finds higher soil pH worsens verticillium infection
Researchers have learned that Verticillium longisporum, the fungus that causes verticillium stripe in canola, thrives more in slightly alkaline soil. Fungal colonies were larger at higher soil pH.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Soil tests seek a non-chemical attraction
Researchers hope to hone in on biological soil testing when it comes to inoculating legumes
Manitoba expat Barney Geddes, an assistant professor with the microbiological sciences program at North Dakota State University, likes to tell health care researchers how important the development of nitrogen fertilizer was. In terms of human lives saved, it’s had a greater impact than all innovations produced by medical science put together. “It’s sort of entertaining,”
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