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Ontario growers share initial YEN learnings
Three participants in the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement discuss their goals for enhancing winter wheat production
Considerations for the right place for manure
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 8
When it costs more to apply manure to high fertility fields than the manure is worth, it may be time to consider other options. Fertilizer is expensive. Anyone growing crops knows that maintaining good soil fertility is essential to maintaining yields. Livestock farmers have fertility built into the system and often soil fertility levels, especially […] Read more
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops
Process reduces manure hauling, produces usable heat and electricity for Dutch farm
Ton Groot Roessink milks about 200 cows near Baak, using robots, automated feeding and automated manure cleaning. Manure from the farm is put through a biogas digester. The methane is burned to produce electricity and heat for the farm.
Recycling livestock manure into clean water and nutrients
A technology that separates the liquid and solid components of manure allows farmers to benefit from its value
An Alberta company used its expertise in contaminated soil cleanup to create an innovative solution to recycle livestock manure into clean water and high value nutrients. At approximately 75 per cent water, managing liquid manure is complex and expensive, so much of its potential is unused. Growing regulatory pressure regarding manure limits farm expansion in […] Read more
Editorial: Livestock has a sustainability role, too
The emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been the dominating subject in agriculture for quite some time, and will likely continue. I am inundated with notices of events and press releases on how farmers can reduce emissions by employing varying cropping practices, and what new technology can help them do this is on the […] Read more
Get to know your manure with a manure analysis
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 24
The “magical” qualities of manure and organic amendments for providing long-term benefits have been well documented, especially for maintaining and improving soil organic matter. Sourcing off farm manure and organic amendments has become more difficult and expensive with the increased interest in improving soil health, therefore it is more important than ever to know what […] Read more
Maximizing nitrogen availability with manure and cover crops
Considerations for nitrogen availability timing in corn
Combining cover crops with manure can get the most value from soil nitrogen — sort of. How significantly a manure-cover crop combination affects nitrogen availability can vary based on manure type and rate, cover crop type, weather, and other factors. Still, Christine Brown, field crop sustainability specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and […] Read more
How biogas can fit with a sustainable agriculture strategy
The potential is huge, but policies must make sense
The landscape for renewable natural gas (RNG) production on Ontario farms is getting bigger, but the provincial and federal governments must stop thinking of the fuel in the same way as they do for natural gas derived from fossil fuels. That was the take-home message from a group of panelists representing the agriculture sector at […] Read more
Passion for soil health drives Ontario innovator
On-farm innovation award winner has developed not one but two useful systems to help farmers
Jake Kraayenbrink is passionate about soil health — so much so that he’s spent the better part of the past 15 years developing an innovative tire deflation system that helps farmers reduce soil compaction risks from heavy equipment. It’s on the market today in Canada, Europe, the U.K. and New Zealand under the AgriBrink brand. […] Read more
Ambitious plan aims to add 300 biodigesters
DFO vice-chair hopes to see Danish model for renewable natural gas adopted across Canada on dairy farms
A co-operative-style company founded by Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) vice-chair Nick Thurler has taken its first step toward a goal of gaining access to 80 per cent of the country’s dairy manure for conversion into renewable natural gas (RNG). Thurler officially launched GET Corp,– and the sustainable agriculture program that forms its centrepiece, through […] Read more
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