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Effect of DDGS manure on soil and plant: preliminary results of the greenhouse study
(2009-02-26)
The use of dried distillers’ grains with solubles (DDGS) in feedlot cattle diets is increasing as the
bio-ethanol industry expands. Manure derived from dried distiller’s grain with solubles (DDGS)
fed cattle seem to have ...
Agronomic and economic benefits of fertilizing crops
(2006-03-02)
Operating costs at farm level can be divided into essential, enhancement, maintenance, protection and insurance. Save growth hormones, which are not common in western Canada, fertilizer and better quality of seed are the ...
What agronomic practices can reduce the effect of Fusarium head blight on durum wheat in Saskatchewan?
(2005-02-17)
Fusarium head blight (FHB) has become an important disease of cereals in moist regions of western Canada. This disease has played an important role in contributing to lower grain yields and substantial downgrading of durum ...
Effect of soil amended with thin stillage on growth of canola and soil properties in a controlled environment study
(2009-02-25)
A growth chamber study was conducted to evaluate the potential use of thin stillage as a soil
fertilizer amendment. Seven treatments; control, 3 thin stillage rates (100, 200, and 400 kg N
ha¯¹) and 3 urea rates (100, ...
X-ray absorption spectroscopic analysis of raw and processed hog manure
(2007-03-01)
Anaerobic digestion technology is a process that allows livestock producers to generate electricity and heat by digesting manure. Clear-Green Environmental Inc. uses this process to make biogas from hog manure. Raw manure ...
Strategies for improving soil fertility in mature alfalfa stands
(2005-02-17)
Declining soil fertility is one of the main causes for decreased yields in mature alfalfa stands. Nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur are three nutrients that are often found to be limiting in prairie soils. In this study ...
Fertilizer-N management and nitrous oxide emissions from four sites in Saskatchewan
(2006-03-02)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a powerful greenhouse gas that also depletes stratospheric ozone. The use of fertilizer-N for agricultural purposes is thought to contribute significantly to Canadian anthropogenic N2O emissions. ...
Factors limiting soil microbial growth and activity in wheat-based cropping systems
(2004-02-19)
Several soil biochemical processes related to soil fertility are microbially mediated. We know
very well the factors limiting crop production but know little of the factors limiting the soil
microbial community. The goal ...
Barley after hay: grass matters!
(2003-02-18)
Perennial forage crops are not traditionally grown in crop rotations in the Brown soil
zone for several reasons: i) they are slow to establish; ii) they require intensive tillage to
terminate; and iii) they reduce yield ...
Yield and protein of wheat and durum in Brown Soil Zone as affected by long-term tillage system and crop rotation
(2003-02-18)
Three tillage-rotation experiments in the Brown soil zone showed that spring wheat and durum grain yield and protein were affected by tillage system, length of time in tillage system, crop sequence. During the initial 15 ...