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Spatial and temporal patterns of nitrous oxide and their relationship to soil water and soil properties
(2006-03-27)
Soil N2O flux is sensitive to soil moisture content and soil temperature, which are in turn sensitive to changes in climate and topography. Thus, N2O flux measurements exhibit a high degree of spatial and temporal ...
The water quality of the Wood River and The effects of land use
(2004-03-23)
The Wood River, located in the Old Wives Lake watershed in southern Saskatchewan, is an important water resource for people living in this area. Agriculture dominates land use in the basin, while the river receives waste ...
An agent-based simulation model of structural change in agriculture
(2008)
Like many North American agricultural regions, Saskatchewan has experienced significant fundamental structural changes in farming. Structural change encompasses evolution in distribution of farm sizes, land tenure and ...
Risk, innovation and BSE : cattle farmer perspectives on an agricultural and health emergency
(2009)
This ethnographic research examines how farmers survive agricultural crises by exploring reactions of Saskatchewan beef and dairy farmers to the Canadian BSE crisis. As this study unfolded it became clear that the BSE ...
Remote sensing and GIS in support of sustainable agricultural development
(2012-05-22)
Over the coming decades it is expected that the vast amounts of area currently in agricultural production will face growing pressure to intensify as world populations continue to grow, and the demand for a more Western-based ...
The sublethal effects of 2,4-D dimethylamine on wood frog tadpoles in Saskatchewan
(2009)
Declining amphibian populations in association with an incidence of deformities have been observed globally. These observations have alarmed the scientific community as well as the general public. Potential causes include ...
Experiencing farming In stressful times : a naturalistic inquiry
(2004-08-17)
The purpose of this study was to explore what it means to be farming in Saskatchewan today. Naturalistic inquiry using open-ended interviews provided the framework for four farmers’ narratives. The goal was to gain ...
Agriculture to forestry in western Canada's northern grain belt : impacts on rural communities
(2007)
This study investigates impacts on Western Canada’s rural communities that may result from land usage change from conventional agriculture to that of forestry, in part or in whole. Many of Western Canada’s rural communities ...
Carbon isotope discrimination and indirect selection for grain yield in lentil, spring wheat and canola
(1995-09-01)
Some researchers have proposed that carbon isotope discrimination (CID) be used to indirectly select for grain yield and transpiration efficiency in C3 plants. To determine the effectiveness of CID in indirectly selecting ...
Airflow and contaminants in a swine barn with recirculation assisted slot inlets
(1997-02-01)
The airflow pattern and contaminant distribution under non-isothermal turbulent flow conditions in a swine growing/finishing building were investigated experimentally and numerically. In the test facility, the ventilation ...