Insights and Stories on Soil Health

Jan. 26, 2024 at 9:57 am CST

Farmers with years of experience growing cover crops have made the practice part of their regular cropping operations after finding ways to make it work. A panel of cover crop growers at the Southwest Ag Conference showed that cover crop practices vary greatly by farm and area. Ken Schaus, of […]

By John Greig

Jan. 5, 2024 at 3:10 pm CST

John Berger marked the completion of his 57th harvest on his family farm near Nanton in southern Alberta this fall. By most accounts, it was another productive year on Berger’s 5,000-acre grain farm. Still, something didn’t sit quite right with the long-time farmer. Whenever he toured the nearby countryside post-harvest, […]

By Jim Timlick

Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:39 am CDT

The search for every last advantage in a field often requires growers to step out of their comfort zone, whether that means considering precision agriculture applications, reduced tillage, lengthening rotations or adding cover crops. Improving field drainage can have significant benefits for soil health, the overall on-farm environment and increased […]

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Jul. 19, 2023 at 3:48 pm CDT

A new group of “Soil Champions” has been formed to promote the benefits of soil health. This new committee — announced Wednesday at the Ag in Motion farm show at Langham, Sask. — will work to ensure the care and protection of Canada’s agricultural soil through education, knowledge transfer, forums […]

By GFM Staff

Feb. 21, 2023 at 3:11 pm CST

Eight soil health projects across Canada will be getting a multi-million-dollar boost in private funding over the next five years. The Weston Family Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the Weston business empire — has slated $10 million for those eight projects through the organization’s soil health initiative, it was […]

By Alexis Stockford