Growing Potatoes with Cover Crops
Join Living Lab-Ontario farm cooperator, Ken Laing and Living Lab-Atlantic collaborator, Ryan Barrett from the PEI Potato Board for a discussion… Continue Reading Growing Potatoes with Cover Crops
Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
Join Living Lab-Ontario farm cooperator, Ken Laing and Living Lab-Atlantic collaborator, Ryan Barrett from the PEI Potato Board for a discussion… Continue Reading Growing Potatoes with Cover Crops
Making Cover Crops Pay The OMAFRA Soil Team, in partnership with Soils at Guelph, Grain Farmers of Ontario and the… Continue Reading Cover Crop Webinars
The 2021 Muck Conference will be virtual and held on Wednesday March 31 and Thursday April 1 from 12:30 to… Continue Reading 2021 Muck Vegetable Growers Conference
Did you know that OMAFRA has a handbook that’s all about nutrients and soil fertility? It’s called the Soil Fertility… Continue Reading New Soil Fertility Handbook Released!
By Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist (Horticulture) Every time I see a bare field this time of year I just… Continue Reading It’s the Root that Counts with Cover Crops
Presentation slides from the 2017 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (OFVC) are now posted online. Field vegetable content at this… Continue Reading Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention presentations now available online
Wind erosion occurs in susceptible areas of Ontario but represents a small percentage of land – mainly sandy and organic… Continue Reading How much soil is lost to wind erosion?
This is a good day to reprint some articles about soil cover. This second one is from Adam Hayes, OMAFRA… Continue Reading Keeping the soil covered: managing crop residues and cover crops
This is a good day to reprint some articles about soil cover. First, from Anne Verhallen, OMAFRA Soil Management Lead… Continue Reading Soil is meant to be covered
From the OMAFRA Ag Business Update The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is developing an Agricultural… Continue Reading Developing an Agricultural Soil Health and Conservation Strategy for Ontario