
Tag Archives Agricultural soil science — page 2

Residual herbicide and crop injury
When the worst happens: what questions to ask and how to soil test for a bioassay

Tillage systems’ impact on weeds and disease
No-till and minimum-till systems both have agronomic drawbacks and advantages

Finally, soil moisture measuring meets new tech
A map of soil moisture at freeze-up can give you a good indication of your yield potential

Engineers study machine-related soil compaction
Ontario team working to establish tire inflation guidelines

Cover crops and green manure
In the Palliser Triangle, cover crops aren’t the answer in a dry cycle

Well here is a game changing concept
Profitable crop production with little or no added inputs. Is someone talking nonsense?

Finally, the well went dry
Do you know where your water table is, and what it will offer this year?

Managing soil salinity through cover crops
For the growing problem of dry land salinity, try planting a cover crop

Precision ag Step 1: soil maps
The most important part of precision agriculture is the soil maps of your fields

Don’t forget lessons of the Dirty 30s
Although there’s a perception that dust is past, tillage erosion is on the rise in Manitoba
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.