Soil Health Conference 2022

Session 1: Comparing 30″ and 60″ Corn Yields with Cover Crops

January 26, 2022 | SCRCA Stewardship Team

 

This presentation was a part of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority’s 2022 Soil Health Conference held January 26, 2022.

Featuring: Mike Belan (Lambton County farmer), Adam Hayes (Soil Resource Group), Patrick Verkley (Middlesex County Farmer), and Ben Rosser (OMAFRA Corn Specialist)

This session discusses ON-Farm trials at Mike and Patrick’s farms. Ben highlights some research on 60″ rows from across Ontario.

Recordings of all ten Soil Health Conference 2022 sessions are available online:

• Session 1: Comparing 30″ and 60″ Corn Yields with Cover Crops
• Session 2: Taking a Systems Approach to Cover Crops
• Session 3: Farmers Working Together to Build Healthier Soils
• Session 4: The Pursuit of Biological Diversity in Soils
• Session 5: Long-Term Cover Crop Trials on Corn Yields
• Session 6: Water Infiltration in Soils
• Session 7: Edge of Field Monitoring for No-Tillage Continuous Cover Crops and Reduced Tillage on Brookston Clay
• Session 8: Reducing In-Field Soil Erosion with WASCoBS
• Session 9: Thorndale Demo Farm – Implementation and Evolution of BMPs in the Thames River Watershed
• Session 10: An Introduction to the Living Lab