Available water is the main constraint to crop production on the Canadian prairies. Summerfallow has been used to counter this problem, but frequent summerfallowing promotes soil organic matter (SOC) loss. Although ...

Tillage and cropping sequences play a key role in controlling soil aggregation. We measured water-stable aggregate (WSA), wind erodible fraction (WEF), and geometric mean diameter (GMD) for six mid to longterm (8 to 25 ...