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General

• Agronomy Guide, Publication 811, Order this publication
• Buffer Strips Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Field Crop Production, Best Management Practices (Order No. BMP02) Order this publication
• Fruit Production Recommendations, Publication 360 Order this publication
• Field Scouting and On-Farm Trials
• Horticultural Crops (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP04)
• Irrigation Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP08) Order this publication
• Payback From Good Soil Management, March 2008
• Preserving the Soil Resource
• Soil Management (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP06) Order this publication
• Soils Survey Reports & Maps (various order numbers by county/region) Order publications
• Streamside Grazing (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP19) Order this publication
• Vegetable Production Recommendation, Publication 363 Order this publication

Soil Biology

• Be a Better Farmer: Understand the Living Soil
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Part 2 - Good Bug or Bad?
  • Part 3 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Part 4 - Those Wonderful Worms
• The Soil Biology Primer
• Thinking About Soil Fungi, Sept 2005

Soil Erosion Control

• Buffer Strips (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP15) Order this publication
• Cover Crops
• Cover Crops
• Erosion Control
• Soil Erosion Still a Threat to Our Soils, Sept 2007
• Soil Erosion - This Year More Than Most, June 2009
• A Soil Remediation Project - Follow Up 13 Years Later, Sept 2005
• Soil Protection in 2007 Jul-Aug 2007
• Agricultural Erosion Control Structures - Design Factsheets
• Vegetated Filter Strip System Design Manual

Soil Management

• Carbon Credit (Offset) Trading - What's Going On?, March 2009
• Climate Change Money for Farmers - Are We any Closer? November 2004
• Cover Crops
  • Cover Crops
  • Considering Cover Crops - Fall Nitrogen Capture, June 2003
  • Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition
  • Still Looking for a Way to Make Cover Crops Pay, July 2005
  • Time to Plant Warm Season Cover Crops for Nematode Control, July 2006
• Crop Rotation
  • Planning a Crop Rotation, June 2006
  • Tillage and Rotation Impacts on Soil Quality, March 2007
• Drainage
• Managing Soil Organic Matter
  • Building Soil Organic Matter With Manure! Nov 2003
• Simple Ways to Check the Health of Your Soil, Sept 2009
• Soil Management for Orchards and Vineyards (Order No. 92-120)
• Soil Management Tips for Late Summer and Early Fall, Sept 2008
• Water Quality

Soil Compaction

• 9 Tips on Managing Soil Compaction, March 2003
• A Soil Remediation Project - Follow Up 13 Years Later, Sept 2005
• Rut Recommendations, Nov 2003
• Soil Compaction
• Soil Compaction, Sept 2006
• The Threat of Deep Compaction Nov 2001
• Tracking Down The Solution To Soil Compaction, Dec 2004

Tillage

• Choosing a Tillage System
• Economics of Conservation Tillage (Production Costs)
• Go Early Or Go Home,Oct 2004
• No-Till: Making it Work (Best Management Practices) (Order No. BMP11) Order this publication
• Planter Modifications for No-Till (Order No. 90-159)
• Rut Recommendations, Nov 2003
• Tillage Systems
• Tillage and Rotation Impacts on Soil Quality, March 2007

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  Newsletters

  • OMAFRA Newsletters
  • Other Newsletters Online (external link list)
    • Ontario Soil & Crop Association
    • Seedbed ... Better Farming Column

   

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  Resources & Services

  • Accredited Soil Testing Labs
  • Crop and Pest Updates
    • Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
    • Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
  • Agriculture Development Advisory Staff
  • Laboratories for Leaf Analysis
  • Sources of Crop Inputs
    • Cover Crop Seed Suppliers
    • Plasticulture Suppliers
    • Sources of Agricultural Limestone For Ontario

   

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  Stats & Facts

  • Ontario Field Crops Statistics
  • Ontario Horticultural Crop Statistics
  • Ontario Soil, Water & Air Research and Services Report

   

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  Crops Updates

  • Ontario Field Crop Report
  • Canadian Grains and Oilseeds Outlook
  • Crop and Pest Updates
    • Subscribe to OMAFRA Podcasts
    • Subscribe to Agriphone Messages
  • Sound Advice - Audio Crop Updates
  • What's Hot?- Soil Management

   

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