Soil Health Conference 2022

Session 8: Reducing In-Field Soil Erosion with WASCoBS

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: Geroge Vereyken P. Eng (Spriet Associates London, Ltd)

George Vereyken discusses how using Water And Sediment Control Basins (WASCoBs) and earth berms can reduce in-field erosion, keeping your soils and nutrients where they are needed most.

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