Soil Health Conference 2022

Session 7: Edge of Field Monitoring for No-Tillage Continuous Cover Crops and Reduced Tillage on Brookston Clay

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: Ryan Carlow (Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority)

As part of the Soil Health Conference, Ryan Carlow discusses the results of his Master’s research under Dr. Merrin Macrae that focused on edge of field monitoring for no-tillage continuous cover crops and reduced tillage systems on Brookston clay soils.

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