Water Shortages & Conservation Information

Agronomics

• AGRICORP (external link)  

Business Considerations

• Options for Farmers Dealing with Financial Difficulty
• Identifying and Managing Stress: A Business Owner's Guide
• Additional Business Considerations

Feed, Pasture and Livestock

• Conserving Pasture Production During a Drought
• Drought Damaged Corn Silage
• Fall Pasture Fertility Management After A Drought
• Forage Sorghum-Sudan Grass - Concerns (Order No. 98-043)
• Soybeans as a Forage Crop
• Water Requirements of Livestock (Order No. 07-023)

General Links

• AGRICORP
• Agriphone/Pest Update/TOMCAST
• Crop Advisory Staff
• Field Crop Reports
• Newsletters
• Ontario Climate

Soil Management

• Control of Soil Erosion (Order No. 95-089)
• Field Crop Production (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP02) Order
• Soil Erosion - Causes and Effects (Order No. 87-040 )
• Soil Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP06) Order

Water Conservation

• How To Prepare for Irrigation During Water Shortages (Order No. 99-023)
• Tips for Farmers for Getting through the Dry Spell, August 2001

Water Shortages in Ontario

• Ontario Low Water Response Report, July 2003

Water Wells

• Private Water Well Owners - Dealing with Water Shortages (Order No. 99-025)
• Managing Your Water Well In Times of Shortage (from the Ministry of the Environment)
• Water Wells (Best Management Practices)
• Protection of Water Quality in Bored and Dug Wells (from the Ministry of the Environment)
• The Protection of Water Quality in Drilled Wells  (from the Ministry of the Environment)

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