Insights and Stories on Soil Health

Feds open up consultations for sustainable ag strategy

Dec. 19, 2022 at 6:57 pm CST

The federal government has enlisted farm groups on the ground floor of consultations toward development of a long-term strategy to “amplify” the adoption and use of sustainable practices in agriculture over the next year. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Dec. 12 announced the launch of public consultations on strategy development, […]

Indigo Ag to roll out first tranche of farm soil carbon credits

Jun. 29, 2022 at 9:13 am CDT

By Karl Plume

P.E.I. seed potato producers backed for ‘soil-building’

May. 20, 2022 at 10:23 pm CDT

By Liam O’Connor

AGI to buy into soil microbe breeding firm

Jun. 14, 2021 at 9:15 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Federal NDP introduces soil health bill

Apr. 30, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show looks to lock in land base

Sep. 15, 2020 at 8:14 pm CDT

As Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show goes digital this week, its operator is preparing to secure its real-world footprint in southern Ontario and put that real estate to year-round work. Glacier FarmMedia and the Ontario government on Tuesday announced their intent to work toward a land deal with the Agricultural Research […]

By Dave Bedard

Handful of arable soil in hands of responsible farmer, close up, selective focus

Four ways to increase your organic matter

Apr. 10, 2018 at 11:28 am CDT

By Kevin Elmy

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

Sep. 8, 2017 at 3:28 pm CDT

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. […]

By John Greig

OMAFRA seen needing a soil health ‘tuneup’

Nov. 18, 2016 at 5:14 pm CST

Ontario’s environmental commissioner is calling on the provincial ag ministry to rebuild its soil health expertise and find ways to encourage farmers to adopt soil-friendly production practices, to deal with what she calls a “catastrophic” loss in soil organic matter levels. The report recommends better soil carbon level monitoring and […]

By John Greig

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

Nov. 10, 2016 at 4:04 pm CST

A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The […]

By John Greig

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