Soil Health Conference 2022

Session 4: The Pursuit of Biological Diversity in Soils

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.

Features: Lawrence Hogan (Huron County farmer), Nick Stokman (Middlesex County farmer), Patrick Verkley (Middlesex County farmer) and Ian McDonald (OMAFRA Crop Innovations Specialist) as our facilitator

Lawrence, Nick and Patrick have been trialing bio strips, relay cropping and various practices to increase their farms’ soil biodiversity.

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