Soil Health Projects

New technologies to optimize fertilizer and update best management practices for vegetables

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontairo Crops Research Centre - Bradford

Developing recommendations for pasture management (degree of defoliation and nitrogen fertilizer application) to increase soil carbon storage

Lead Applicant: Kim Schneider

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Rapid analysis of soil properties and fertility using Mid Infrared Spectroscopy

Lead Applicant: Adam Gillespie

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Soil health assessment and planning capacity building and resource development

Lead Applicant: Kari Dunfield

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will develop easy-to-use resources based on the OMAFRA Soil Health Assessment and Planning (SHAP) tool, making it practical to implement, and supporting sustainable soil management practices in Ontario. 

Connecting changes in soil carbon storage over 20+ years to dynamics of net ecosystem carbon balance through modelling and remote sensing tools

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Towards understanding soil health-induced changes in nitrogen dynamics with long-term cover cropping

Lead Applicant: Laura Van Eerd

Research Priority: Soil Health Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Ridgetown

Soil carbon response to above- and below-ground biomass inputs from cover crops in diverse soil types and agricultural production systems

Lead Applicant: Laura Van Eerd

Research Priority: Soil Health Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Cover crop mixtures: evaluating complementarity in root-soil interactions and effects on greenhouse gas emissions

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Research case studies as learning enrichment tools for better soil management

Lead Applicant: Laura Van Eerd

Research Priority: Soil Health Projects

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer- Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Delineating drainage class by in-field induction measurement of soil magnetic susceptibility

Lead Applicant: Richard Heck

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Simcoe