soil science News Archive
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Top Crop Manager: Using cover crops to improve soil trafficability
October 29, 2024 —
Dr. Afua Mante is exploring the use of cover crops like fall rye to regulate soil moisture in Manitoba.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
New soil science prof to study hydrological processes in sustainable ag systems
October 2, 2024 —
Dr. Hailong He joined the Department of Soil Science as Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture on August 7, 2024.
Research and International
UM researchers receive more than $1.5 million infrastructure investment from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund
September 26, 2024 —
Eight new UM research project have received critical infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Winnipeg Free Press: Fertile ground for innovation
September 20, 2024 —
Fertile ground for innovation
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
CBC News: Green ammonia a potential game changer in agriculture, says Manitoba farmer
September 11, 2024 —
"Green ammonia is very exciting," said Mario Tenuta, a professor of soil ecology at the University of Manitoba.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Manitoba Co-operator: Struvite fertilizer from Winnipeg sewers
September 11, 2024 —
Joanne Thiessen Martens, a University of Manitoba research scientist, has explored the performance of struvite-based fertilizer.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Western Producer: VIDEO – Fast farm machines seen as threat to soil
August 27, 2024 —
Most farm machinery manufacturers don’t seem to care much about soil health, say a number of soil scientists at the University of Manitoba.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Western Producer: Lab work – photo essay
August 19, 2024 —
The main hallways at the University of Manitoba are mostly empty and the campus quiet during the summer, but it’s as busy and buzzing as ever inside the soil science department’s laboratories.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Western Producer: When topsoil moves uphill
August 6, 2024 —
David Lobb, a U of M soil scientist, has conducted field trials on moving topsoil to the tops of knolls at multiple sites in the northern Plains. The results were dramatic.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Don Flaten inducted into Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame
July 17, 2024 —
The professor emeritus in the Department of Soil Science was honoured for his significant field research in soil fertility and crop nutrition, his extension with commodity groups, industry and government and his dedication to agricultural education.