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Response to New Horizons: Ontario’s Draft Agricultural Soil Health and Conservation Strategy

 
Agricultural soil health is a vital issue in Ontario, which also holds some of the country’s most viable and productive farmland. Fertilizer Canada supports the development of a strategy to enhance the health of Ontario’s soils for agricultural production. As members of the Soil Conservation Council of Canada, we encourage collaboration between stakeholders to support the commitment to secure the sustainable productivity of Canada’s soils. Aligning the research and extension efforts of soil science and conservation in Ontario is imperative to reach these objectives.
 
Read the full response to the New Horizons: Ontario’s Draft Agricultural Soil Health and Conservation Strategy here.
 
Source : Fertilizer Canada

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Drought Now, Cold Weather To Come, Grain State Outlook

Video: Drought Now, Cold Weather To Come, Grain State Outlook

Colder weather ahead is the call from Eric Hunt with University of Nebraska Extension. We dig into the forecast for the months to come and look back at what happened at the end of the growing season, including the conditions that allowed southern corn rust to thrive. Eric also breaks down the current drought situation, highlighting where it’s driest now and where the conditions are changing. We wrap on the spring outlook and the current La Nina pattern in place and and what’s driving this cold snap. Yes, Eric said polar vortex in this conversation.