Keyword: soil health
Introducing high value specialty crops to western Canadian crop rotations
In recent years, crop production on the Canadian prairies is experiencing noticeable change as growers recognize the benefits of crop rotation and proper cropping sequence Crops grown in previous years may substantially affect yields of the current crops, by impacting occurrence and severity of…Read More
Developing a soil health assessment protocol for Saskatchewan producers
Farmers are looking for appropriate tools and methods for assessing and interpreting the health status of their soils; however, for Saskatchewan there is no standardized and prairie-based soil health test available As such, we focused on developing a soil health testing protocol for arable cropping…Read More
Yield and quality of flax, durum wheat and hulless barley grown using swine and cattle manure as fertilizer
Read MoreLong-term sustainable canola production – all phases rotations
Canola is a popular and profitable crop for Canadian farmers The ability to profit means some farmers have increased the proportion of canola in their rotation leading to canola being grown continuously or every second year This study was the final three years of a 12 year long study comparing…Read More