Soil - Product Catalogue

Table of Contents

1. Soil Management
2. Soil Health
3. Soil Erosion
4. Soil Survey Reports and Maps
5. Nutrient Management
6. Learn More

Only paid publications have a price listing. All others are free. A fee will be charged by ServiceOntario for shipping and handling.

Soil Management

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Agricultural Composting Basics	05-023	720/400
Best Management Practices Series: No-Till: Making it Work	BMP11
Best Management Practices Series: Soil Management	BMP06
Determining the Phosphorus Index for a Field	05-067	531/743
Environmental Impacts of Nitrogen use in Agriculture	05-073	720/500
Planter Modifications for No-Till	90-159	100/742
Vermicasting (or Vermicomposting): Processing Organic Wastes Through Earthworms	10-009	743/537
Importation of Soil onto Agricultural Land	16-055	510

Soil Health

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Available Nutrients and Value for Manure from Various Livestock Types	13-043	538
Best Management Practices Series: Managing Crop Nutrients	BMP20E
Best Management Practices Series: Soil Health in Ontario	AF151
Best Management Practices Series: Adding Organic Amendments	AF153
Best Management Practices Series: Cropland Retirement	AF163
Best Management Practices Series: Erosion Control Structures	AF165
Best Management Practices Series: Field Windbreaks	AF167
Best Management Practices Series: Soil Erosion by Water	AF191
Soil Fertility Handbook (2006 edition)	0611E		$40

Soil Erosion

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Agricultural Erosion Control Structures: A Design and Construction Manual	0832E		$50
The Vegetated Filter Strip (VFS) System Design Manual	0826E		$25
Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE)	12-051	572/751
Soil Erosion Causes & Effects	12-053	572/751

Nutrient Management

General

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Aeration of Liquid Manure	04-033	743
Automatic and Remotely Controlled Shutoff for Direct-Flow Liquid Manure Application Systems	04-091	720/538
Best Management Practices Series: Nutrient Management Planning	BMP14
Best Management Practices Series: Manure Management	BMP16
Constructing a Permanent Concrete or Steel Liquid Nutrient Storage Facility for ASM	12-063	720/538
Constructing a Permanent Solid Nutrient Storage Facility for ASM	12-067	720/538
Constructing an Earthen Liquid Nutrient or Runnoff Storage Facility	14-011	720/538
Decommissioning and/or Recommissioning Existing Nutrient Storage Facilities	12-061	729
Field Pocket Guide	0820E
Gravity Manure Transfer Systems For Dairy Barns	04-039	440/743
Incorporation of Liquid and Solid Prescribed Materials	09-071	720/538
Handling Milking Centre Washwater	14-047	720/410
Handling Runoff From Solid Agricultural Source Material Storages and Outside Livestock Areas	10-005	720/400
Managing Outdoor Confinement Areas and Livestock Yards	11-007	720/400
Manure Agreements with Brokers and Neighbours	14-005	750/538
Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy	05-021	720/400
Manure Management for Farms Producing More Manure than Their Crops Need	05-025	743/530
Manure Storages for Small- to Medium-Size Horse Farms	07-045	743/460
Nutrient Management Act, 2002 - NMA Records and Renewals	13-027	720/538
Nutrient Management Strategies and Horse Barns	10-057	720/538
On-Farm Liquid Nutrient Transfer Systems	12-025	720/538
Sand-Laden Manure Handling and Storage	10-007	743/427
Siting Requirements for Permanent Nutrient Storage Facilities	12-065	720/538
Storage of Liquid Manure	10-051	721
Temporary Field Storage of Solid Manure or Other Agricultural Source Material	10-039	743/538
Understanding When Farms Require a NMS, NMP or NASM Plan	18-009	720/538
Vegetable and Fruit Washwater - Treatment Manual - Publication 854	0854E
Windrow Composting of Poultry Carcasses	09-017	720/450
Winter Application of Manure and Other Agricultural Source Materials	10-073	720/538
Temporary Field Storage of Non-Agricultural Source Material	16-001	743/540

Nutrient Management - Legislation

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Incorporation of Liquid and Solid Prescribed Materials	09-071	720/538
Removing Liquid Manure From Storage	14-027	743
Local Advisory Committees	09-059	720/876
Site Characterization Study for the Construction of Permanent Nutrient Storage Facilities	08-049	729
Understanding and Resolving Nutrient Management Concerns and Complaints	15-037	720/400
What Rural Neighbours Can Expect From Large Livestock Operations	06-027	720

Nutrient Management - Deadstock and Disposal

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Agricultural Composting Basics	05-023	720/400
Burial of Deadstock	09-029	729/400
Composting of Cattle On-Farm	10-063	729/400
Deadstock Disposal Options for On-Farm	09-025	729/400
Disposal Vessels for Farm Animals That Die On-Farm	09-027	729/400
Emergency Disposal of Deadstock On-Farm	09-023	729/400
On-Farm Bin Composting of Deadstock	09-031	725/400
Windrow Composting of Poultry Carcasses	09-017	720/450

Nutrient Management - Non-Agricultural Source Materials

Publication	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Determining Odour Categories of Non-Agricultural Source Materials (NASMs)	12-017	720/538
Sewage Biosolids - Managing Urban Nutrients Responsibly for Crop Production	AF135
Storage of Non-Agricultural Source Materials (NASM) in a Permanent Nutrient Storage Facility	12-069	240

Soil Survey Reports and Maps

Reports and Map Sets (Complete sets only)	Order #	Agdex #	Price
Blind River/Sault Ste Marie # 50	SOILS1	523	$15.00
Brant # 55	SOILS2	523	$15.00
Bruce # 16	SOILS3	523	$15.00
Dufferin # 38	SOILS4A	523	$15.00
Dundas County # 14	SOILS4	523	$15.00
Durham # 9	SOILS5	523	$15.00
Elgin # 63	SOILS6	523	$15.00
Essex # 11	SOILS7	523	$15.00
Fort Frances/Rainy River # 51	SOILS8	523	$15.00
Frontenac # 39	SOILS9	523	$15.00
Glengarry # 24	SOILS10	523	$15.00
Gogama # 59	SOILS12	523	$15.00
Grenville # 12	SOILS11	523	$15.00
Grey # 17	SOILS11A	523	$15.00
Haldimand-Norfolk # 57	SOILS12A	523	$15.00
Halton # 43	SOILS13	523	$15.00
Hastings # 27	SOILS14	523	$15.00
Huron # 13	SOILS15	523	$15.00
Kenora/Dryden # 52	SOILS16	523	$15.00
Kent #64	SOILS17	523	$15.00
Lambton # 22	SOILS18	523	$15.00
Lanark # 40	SOILS19	523	$15.00
Leeds # 41	SOILS20	523	$15.00
Lennox & Addington # 26	SOILS21	523	$15.00
Manitoulin Island # 36	SOILS21A	523	$15.00
Middlesex # 56	SOILS22	523	$15.00
Niagara # 60	SOILS23	523	$15.00
New Liskeard-Englehart Area # 21	SOILS22A	523	$15.00
North Bay # 54	SOILS24	523	$15.00
Northumberland # 42	SOILS25	523	$15.00
Ontario County # 23	SOILS26	523	$15.00
Ottawa # 58	SOILS27	523	$15.00
Ottawa Urban Fringe # 47	SOILS27A	523	$15.00
Oxford # 28	SOILS28	523	$15.00
Parry Sound # 31	SOILS46	523	$15.00
Peel # 18	SOILS29	523	$15.00
Peterborough # 45	SOILS31	523	$15.00
Perth # 15	SOILS30	523	$15.00
Prince Edward # 10	SOILS32	523	$15.00
Pukaskwa National Park # 53	SOILS33	523	Web Only
Renfrew # 37	SOILS34	523	$15.00
Russell-Prescott # 33	SOILS35	523	$15.00
Simcoe # 29	SOILS35D	523	$15.00
Stormont # 20	SOILS37	523	$15.00
Sudbury # 49	SOILS38	523	$15.00
Timmins/Kirkland Lake # 46	SOILS39	523	$15.00
Thunder Bay # 48	SOILS40	523	$15.00
Victoria # 25	SOILS45	523	$15.00
Ville-Marie # 90	SOILS42	523	Web Only
Waterloo # 44	SOILS41	523	$15.00
Wellington # 35	SOILS47	523	$15.00
Wentworth # 32	SOILS43	523	$15.00
York # 19	SOILS44	523	$15.00

Other Maps

The ministry sells three types of maps. A brief description of each can be found on the links below:

For more information on these maps, visit the page for the Geomatics Service Centre Network.

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