Soil Management

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| Related Topics | Soil Fertility & Crop Nutrition | Soil Water Management |

Factsheets, Infosheets & Publications

| Soil Biology | Soil Erosion Control | Soil Management | Soil Compaction | Tillage |

General

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Buffer Strips Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Field Crop Production, Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Fruit Production Recommendations, Publication 360 Order this publication
• Field Scouting and On-Farm Trials
• Horticultural Crops (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP04)
• Irrigation Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP08) Order this publication
• Payback From Good Soil Management, March 2008
• Preserving the Soil Resource
• Soil Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP06) Order this publication
• Soils Survey Reports & Maps (various order numbers by county/region) Order publications
• Streamside Grazing (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP19) Order this publication
• Vegetable Production Recommendation, Publication 363 Order this publication

Soil Biology

• Be a Better Farmer: Understand the Living Soil
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Part 2 - Good Bug or Bad?
  • Part 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Part 4 - Those Wonderful Worms
• The Soil Biology Primer
• Thinking About Soil Fungi, Sept 2005

Soil Erosion Control

• Buffer Strips (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP15) Order this publication
• Cover Crops
• Cover Crops
• Erosion Control
• Soil Erosion Still a Threat to Our Soils, Sept 2007
• A Soil Remediation Project - Follow Up 13 Years Later, Sept 2005
• Soil Protection in 2007 Jul-Aug 2007
• Stewardship of Rural Resources: Soil Conservation factsheets
• Vegetated Filter Strip System Design Manual

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Soil Management

• Climate Change Money for Farmers - Are We any Closer? November 2004
• Cover Crops
  • Cover Crops
  • Considering Cover Crops - Fall Nitrogen Capture, June 2003
  • Managing Cover Crops Profitably
  • Still Looking for a Way to Make Cover Crops Pay, July 2005
  • Time to Plant Warm Season Cover Crops for Nematode Control, July 2006
• Crop Rotation
  • Planning a Crop Rotation, June 2006
  • Tillage and Rotation Impacts on Soil Quality, March 2007
• Drainage
• Managing Soil Organic Matter
  • Building Soil Organic Matter With Manure! Nov 2003
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards (Order No. 92-120)
• Water Quality

Soil Compaction

• 9 Tips on Managing Soil Compaction, March 2003
• A Soil Remediation Project - Follow Up 13 Years Later, Sept 2005
• Rut Recommendations, Nov 2003
• Soil Compaction
• Soil Compaction, Sept 2006
• The Threat of Deep Compaction Nov 2001
• Tracking Down The Solution To Soil Compaction, Dec 2004

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Tillage

• Conservation Tillage and Residue Management (4 video kit) (Order No. VID005) Order this video
• Choosing a Tillage System
• Economics of Conservation Tillage (Production Costs)
• Go Early Or Go Home,Oct 2004
• No-Till: Making it Work (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP11) Order this publication
• Planter Modifications for No-Till (Order No. 90-159)
• Rut Recommendations, Nov 2003
• Tillage Systems
• Tillage and Rotation Impacts on Soil Quality, March 2007

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Newsletters

• OMAFRA Newsletters
• Other Newsletters Online (external link list)
  • Ontario Soil & Crop Association
  • Seedbed ... Better Farming Column

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Resources & Services

• Accredited Soil Testing Labs
• Crop and Pest Updates
  • Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
  • Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
• Agriculture Development Advisory Staff
• Laboratories for Leaf Analysis
• Sources of Crop Inputs
  • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
  • Plasticulture Suppliers
  • Sources of Agricultural Limestone For Ontario

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Stats & Facts

• Ontario Field Crops Statistics
• Ontario Horticultural Crop Statistics
• Ontario Soil, Water & Air Research and Services Report

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Crops Updates

• Ontario Field Crop Report
• National Crop News Reports
• Canadian Grains and Oilseeds Outlook
• Crop and Pest Updates
  • Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
  • Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
• Sound Advice - Audio Crop Updates
• What's Hot?- Soil Management

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