Find Tools and Information on Cover Cropping
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| 1 | Soil Health Video Series | Farm & Food Care | This video series addresses such topics as inter-seeding, cover crops and manure. Open Resource |
| 2 | Inter-seeding, Cover Crops & Manure | Farm & Food Care Ontario | Cover crops provide many benefits including protecting the soil from erosion, adding organic matter, feeding soil life, and holding onto nutrients. This video looks at how you might incorporate cover crops into your system. Open Resource |
| 3 | Cover Crop Decision Tool for Eastern Canada | Innovations in Cover Crops | Online tool to assist farmers in Eastern Canada in selecting cover crops for field crop rotations based on their soil type, risk of frost, and objectives. The tool is specific down to a county level. Open Resource |
| 4 | Opportunities for the Inclusion of Cover Crops in the Corn-Soybean Rotation in Ontario | Jaclyn Clark, University of Guelph | This thesis discussses candidate cover crop species for inclusion in a corn-soybean rotation and the evaluation of interseeded cover crops in V4-V5 corn. Open Resource |
| 5 | MCCC Cover Crops Decision Tool | Midwest Cover Crops Council | This web-based tool helps farmers select cover crop species to include in field crop and vegetable rotations. Open Resource |
| 6 | OMAFRA Overview of Cover Crops | OMAFRA | This resource provides information on selecting cover crops, an overview of various types of cover crop and their functions, and links to other resources. Open Resource |
| 7 | Cover up for the Winter! | OMAFRA | This resource describes how and why to cover crop after fall harvest. Open Resource |
| 8 | Field Crop News – Cover Crops | OMAFRA | This page contains a variety of articles related to cover crops, including information on Ontario-based field trials. Open Resource |
| 9 | Choose the Right Cover Crops | Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine | This article discusses the strengths and limitations of the Cover Crop Decision Tool. Open Resource |
| 10 | Interseeding Cover Crops | Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine | This article highlights the findings of research scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Harrow Research & Development Centre on the benefits of cover cropping. Open Resource |
| 11 | Resilient Fields | The Canadian Agricultural Partnership, the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture | Resilient Fields is a free app that helps Ontario crop farmers find sustainable solutions for field-based problems. The app has information on such topics as cover crop termination pre-winter and soil fertility, and cover crop selection and P release with winter onset. Open Resource |
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Find Tools and Information for Soil Testing
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| 5 | Advantages of Soil Testing | Farm & Food Care | This video shows how soil testing is done, how to read a soil analysis report, and what to do with the information.Open Resource |
| 6 | Soil Health Video Series | Farm & Food Care | This video series addresses such topics as the advantages of soil testing and organic amendments.Open Resource |
| 7 | Crops & Conservation Series | Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority | This five-part webinar series includes presentations and discussion on how and why best management practices are implemented. The series covers bio strip implementation, equipment modifications for nutrient management, cover crops, the economics of BMPs, and climate change impacts and solutions in agriculture.Open Resource |
| 8 | OMAFRA Soil Sampling and Analysis for Managing Crop Nutrients Factsheet | OMAFRA | This factsheet outlines the process of soil testing and how to use and understand the results.Open Resource |
| 9 | Soil Testing – Soil Diagnostics | OMAFRA | This resource outlines when and how to soil sample, and how to interpret the results.Open Resource |
| 10 | Interpreting Your Soil Test Results | OMAFRA | This article outlines how to make sense of your soil test report and discusses fertility guidelines.Open Resource |
| 11 | Agronomy Guide for Field Crops (Publication 811) | OMAFRA | This publication is a comprehensive guide to field crop production. In each crop section, you will find a table that provides the fertilizer recommendation for that crop based on the soil test values.Open Resource |
| 12 | Soil Fertility Guide (Publication 611) | OMAFRA | Check out this resource if you want more in-depth information about soil testing and soil nutrients.Open Resource |
| 13 | AgriSuite | OMAFRA | This resource is a free agricultural and environmental suite of tools. You can enter your field location, crop, expected yield, soil test info and fertilizer applications and can see if fields are ?+,? ?-? or ?balanced? with respect to nutrient applications.Open Resource |
| 14 | Field Crop News – Soil Fertility | OMAFRA | This page contains a variety of articles related to soil testing and nutrient management.Open Resource |
| 15 | Soil pH and Liming Decisions | OMAFRA | This article explains how to interpret pH from a soil test and correct it with lime.Open Resource |
| 16 | Soil Test Manager | Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association | Farmers can use this tool to help understand soil test reports, calculate fertilizer application rates, and review best management practices for nutrient applications. This app works on both computers and cellphones.Open Resource |
| 17 | Finding a Trusted Soil Health Test | Soils at Guelph | This article provides an overview of a study in which the authors compared the sensitivity, repeatability and consistency of interpretation among popular soil health measurements.Open Resource |
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