Quality crops next year start with quality soil test data, which starts with Manitoba farmers using the best possible soil sampling practices in fall 2025
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Fall soil testing tips for smart fertilizer plans
Quality 2026 crops start with quality soil test data, which starts with Manitoba farmers using the best possible soil sampling practices in fall 2025
New soil treatment targets saline patches
New product, Crop Aid, focuses on water flow through the soil, offering an alternative to gypsum and organic ammendments
Crop Aid SS is a Saskatchewan-made spray for managing soil salinity, designed to help leach salts from the root zone.
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
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.
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