Tag Archives soil health — page 6

Adopting a plan B in soybeans
Improving soil health interactions is key to unlocking higher yields

Rotational grazing system earns BFO pasture award
Young farmer followed his dream, started beef operation on rented land
Tom Aikins is humble about receiving the 2023 Beef Farmers of Ontario Mapleseed Pasture Award. “They decided they wanted to give me this,” said the first-generation farmer from Ravenna, Grey County, during the BFO dinner following its annual meeting last month. “I don’t really know why. I’m not reinventing the wheel, but we’re raising cattle […] 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

Multi-million-dollar fund greenlights soil health projects
Eight projects to push soil health practices will get funding for the next five years

The premise and promise of biological crop inputs
What’s relevant and what’s not in this fledgling branch of agri-food

How to grow better wheat
Participants in 2022 YEN competition share their strategies

Canada moves to develop sustainable agriculture strategy
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture will co-chair the committee

Quinlan Farms wins Essex conservation award
Award given for investments in soil and water health, production diversity

Soil tech firms allow sensors to work together
Ceres Imaging and Soiltech Wireless say the recent agreement allows their technology to validate each other in the field

Feds open up consultations for sustainable ag strategy
Producer groups to have reps on advisory committee