And another cover crop webinar!
Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist – Horticulture, OMAF, Ridgetown The US EPA is offering a webinar called Improve Water Quality… Continue Reading And another cover crop webinar!
Category: Water Management
Irrigation water quality and plant disease webinars
The US National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative have been holding a 14-session webinar series on plant… Continue Reading Irrigation water quality and plant disease webinars
Managing wash water to protect your farm stream
From ONvegetables in The Grower, February 2014 By Deanna Nemeth, Nutrient Management Program Lead (Horticulture)/ OMAF and MRA Fruit and… Continue Reading Managing wash water to protect your farm stream
Two practices to improve on-farm water use efficiency
By Rebecca Shortt, OMAF/MRA Water Quantity Engineer Are you considering improving your on-farm water use efficiency? Do you know what practices… Continue Reading Two practices to improve on-farm water use efficiency
Nitrate-nitrogen fertigation strategies
Christoph Kessel, Nutrition (Horticulture) – Program Lead, OMAF & MRA Keeping fertigated nitrate-nitrogen in the crop rooting zone is an… Continue Reading Nitrate-nitrogen fertigation strategies
Tomatoes and soil compaction?
Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist – Horticulture, OMAFRA, Ridgetown Yes, sands get compacted… Tips for managing soil compaction… Rules… Continue Reading Tomatoes and soil compaction?
On Farm Food Safety: Your Business Advantage Water Quality
By Christine Card, Food Safety Team Lead – Agriculture Water quality varies depending on the water source. While a best… Continue Reading On Farm Food Safety: Your Business Advantage Water Quality
New resource for rainwater catchment system for high tunnel irrigation
Iowa State University has a new publication describing a system to catch, store and reuse rainwater for irrigation in high tunnels.… Continue Reading New resource for rainwater catchment system for high tunnel irrigation
Irrigation water quality survey – volunteers needed
At the OPVG District 1 Tomato Day in February of this year, there was a lot of interest in the… Continue Reading Irrigation water quality survey – volunteers needed
Getting water off fields
Anne Verhallen, Soil Management Specialist, OMAFRA, Ridgetown It’s been quite a few years since the last spring with this amount… Continue Reading Getting water off fields