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Development of Methods to Evaluate Soil Quality |
| Program |
Project |
| LS1 7016 |
Response of the Soil Microflora and Fauna to Spring Plowing
of Zerotill and Pasture Soils |
| SQEP 4 |
Benchmark Sites for Assessing Soil Quality |
| SQEP 7 |
Evaluating Soil Organic Matter Changes |
| SQEP 9 |
Assessing Change in Soil Physical Quality |
| ESI 5 |
University of Guelph - Soil Research |
| NSCP E |
Methodologies for Assessing Soil Structure and for Predicting Crop
Response to Changes in Soil Quality |
| NSCP J |
Response of earthworms, soil biota, and soil structure to agricultural
practices in corn, soybean, and cereal rotations |
| GP/R 1.7 |
Soil Organisms as Bioindicators of Agronomic Practices |
| GP/R 1.11 |
Measuring Soil Microbial Populations by Analysis of Their Phospholipid
Signatures |
| GP/R 3.1 |
Development of Standard Methodologies: Resident Biomass and Organic
Carbon |
| GP/R 3.2 |
Development of Standard Methodologies: Resident Biomass and Organic
Carbon |
| GP/R 3.3 |
Development of Standard Methodologies: Bio-indicators and Methodologies
to Quantify Soil Quality |
| RCC 73 |
Soil Life Demonstration Project |
| |
|
Soil Erosion Measurement |
| SQEP 6 |
Water Erosion Prediction and Assessment |
| NSCP CA1 |
The Relationship between Landscape Position, Tillage Practices, and
Soil Loss: Model Development |
| GP/R 3.8 |
State of Resources: Monitoring Soil Loss and Redistribution Using
137Cs |
| |
|
Monitoring and Mapping Soil
Resources |
| SQEP 1 |
A Conceptual Framework for Soil Quality Assessment and Monitoring |
| SQEP 2 |
Soil and Environmental Quality Analysis and Assessment |
| SQEP 3 |
A Land Use Analysis & Monitoring System for Soil Quality Assessment |
| SQEP 12 |
Industrial Organic Compounds in Selected Canadian Municipal Sludges
and Agricultural Soils |
| GP/R 3.4 |
Assessing the State of Agricultural Resources: Improving the Land
Resource Database |
| GP/R 3.5 |
State of Resources: Proposal for the Upgrade of Soil Survey Information
in Oxford County |
| GP/R 3.6 |
State of Resources: Development and Application of Standardized Methodology
for Sampling Soil Landscape Polygons |
| GP/R 3.7 |
State of Resources: Development and Testing of "State of Agricultural
Resources" A Reporting and Monitoring Methodology for Ontario |
| GP/R 3.9 |
Development and Application of a Computerized System to Manage, Use
and Distribute Data Collected by Green Plan Monitoring Research Projects |
| GP/R 3.11 |
State of Resources: Improving the Land Resource data base - Waterloo
Region |
| |
|
Agriculture and Water Quality |
| NSCP G |
Rainfall simulator - Grid Lysimeter System for Preferential Solute
Transport Studies Using Large, Intact Soil Blocks |
| NSCP A |
Effect of Macropores on Contaminant Transport to Tile Drains |
| GLWQ_14 |
Summary Technical Report: Regional Agricultural Practices and
Their Potential for Land and Water Contamination |
| GP/R 3.10 |
Partitioning of Solutes from Agricultural Fields within the Hydrologic
System at Two Sites in Southern Ontario and the Subsequent Impact on Adjacent
Aquatic Ecosystems |
| |
|
Drinking Water Quality |
| ESI |
Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey |
|
LMAP 6 |
Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey II |
| LMAP 8.6 |
A Study of the Seasonal Variation in Well-Water Contamination, and
Survey the Health of Farm Families Drinking Water Contaminated with Nitrate
or Bacteria |
| RCC 12 |
Development and Demonstration of Approaches to Manage Drinking Water
Quality on the Farm |
| RCC 21 |
Well Steward Conservation Club Demonstration Project |
| |
|
Pesticides and Water Quality |
| SQEP 10 |
Prediction of Agrochemical Migration |
| GLWQP_1 |
Pesticide Contamination of Surface Waters Draining Agricultural Fields:
Pesticide Contamination Classification and Abatement Measures |
| GLWQP_2 |
Physical Chemistry Parameters That Control Pesticide Persistence and
Leaching in Watershed Soils |
| GLWQP_3 |
Transport and Dissipation Pathways of Pesticides in Upland Watersheds
Employing Conventional and Conservation Tillage in Ontario |
| GLWQP_5 |
Occurrence and Fate of Selected Agricultural Pesticides in Water and
Sediments of Lake Erie Coastal Marshes |
| GLWQP_6 |
Predicting Pesticide Migration Through Soils of the Great Lakes Basin |
| GLWQP_7 |
Atmospheric Transfer of Agrochemicals |
| GLWQP_8 |
Soil Persistence of Atrazine, Metolachlor and Metribuzin as Influenced
by Temperature, Soil Moisture and Soil Characteristics |
| GLWQP_11 |
Fate of Agricultural Chemicals in Soil, Ground Water and Agricultural
Drainage Water Under Farm Conditions |
| GLWQP_13 |
A Protocol for Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality in Agricultural
Streams Using Benthic Invertebrates |
| |
|
Livestock Water Supply |
| LSII 32 |
Grey-Dufferin Community Pasture |
| LSII 48 |
Alternate Water Supply |
| LSII 107 |
Yeoman's Feedlot Cleanup Project |
| RCC
23 |
Solar Powered Watering Facilities |
| |
|
Waste Water Treatment |
| LSII 28 |
Renfrew County Environmental Demonstration Site |
| RCC 3 |
Constructed Wetland Facility - Belle River |
| RCC 8 |
Manure Management for Swine - Essex Manure Management Club |
| RCC
24 |
Pilot Constructed Wetland Project -South Nation River Conservation
Authority |
|
RCC 29 |
The Use of Vegetative Filter Strips to Treat Beef Feedlot and Yard
Runoff - Ontario Cattlemen's Association |
| |
|
Nutrient Management |
| LS 7017 |
Cropping and Soil Management Effects on the Dynamics of Crop Residue
Derived-N on the Coarse Textured Soils in Southern Ontario |
| LS 7018 |
Nitrogen Research with Corn Using Conservation Tillage |
| LS 7020 |
Nitrogen Conserving Farm Systems |
| NSCP D |
Influence of Soil Management Systems on Soil Quality: Potentially
Mineralizable Nitrogen |
| LSII 26 |
Soil Doctor |
| LSII 29e |
Nitrogen Test Survey |
| LSII 59 |
Use of Cover Crops for Nitrogen Management |
| LSII 89 |
Nitrogen Management for Corn Following Red Clover |
| LSII 100 |
Nitrogen Budget of Farms in Huron County |
| LMAP 4.3 |
Influence of Soil Texture and Tillage-Induced Changes on the Susceptibility
of Legume-N to Leaching |
| GLWQP_09 |
Integrated Soil, Crop and Water Management System to Abate Herbicide
and Nitrate Contamination of the Great Lakes: Herbicides |
| GP/R 2.5 |
To Obtain Information on Variable Rate Technology for Nitrogen Application
and Determine the Feasibility of Implementing this Production Tool |
| RCC 36 |
Fertilizer Placement With No-Till - Arcadia Cooperative Group |
| |
|
Manure: General |
| GP/R 1.1 |
Current State of the Art on Manure/Nutrient Management |
| GP/R 1.10 |
Assessment of the influence of manures for the control of soilborne
pests including nematodes, fungi and bacteria |
| |
|
Manure: N & C Dynamics |
| NSCP B |
The Evaluation of Three Manure Composting Methods for Nitrogen Conservation
Environmental Impact, Crop Growth Response and Operating and Maintenance
Costs |
| LSII 74 |
Composting Poultry Manure with a Passive Aeration Windrow System |
| LMAP 13/94 |
The Transformation Rates of Inorganic Nitrogen in Animal Manure Into
Plants and Soil Organic Matter and its Re-Release From Soil Organic Matter |
| GP/R 1.2 |
Nitrogen & Carbon Transformations in Conventionally-Handled Livestock
Manures |
| GP/R 1.3 |
Manure Composting Techniques: Understanding N and C Conservation |
| GP/R 1.4 |
Transformations in Soil: Crop Response to Nitrogen in Manures with
Widely Different Characteristics |
| |
|
Manure Management and Water
Quality |
| LSII 40 |
Oxford Manure Application Study |
| LSII 66 |
Field Drainage Tile Water Quality Study |
| LSII 99 |
Renfrew Manure Analysis, Sampling & Spreader Calibration Project |
| LSII 113 |
Managing Cover Crops and Tillage to Conserve Nitrogen following Manure
Applications |
| NSCP B |
Manure Management to Sustain Water Quality |
| GLWQP_10 |
The Effects of Livestock Manure Application and Management on Surface
Water Quality |
| GP/R 1.5 |
Impact of Manure Application Methods on Water Quality, Focusing on
Nitrogen and Bacteria Transport in Soil |
| GP/R 2.2 |
Investigating Methods of Integrating Liquid Manures into a Cropping
System and the Effect on Soil and Water Quality |
|
RCC 7 |
Manure Management in High Residue Applications - Charing Cross Conservation
Club |
| |
|
Manure Management and Water
Quality |
| LSII 43 |
Soil Rehabilitation After Land Levelling |
| SQEP 11 |
Industrial Organic Compounds in Selected Canadian Municipal Sludges
and Agricultural Soils |
| GP/R 1.6 |
Closed Loop Recycling - Composted Biodegradable Organic Urban Waste
Application on Agricultural Lands |
| RCC 26 |
Screening of Biosolids Approved for Land Utilization in Corn - Dundas
Soil and Crop Improvement Association |
| RCC
28 |
Improved Placement & Utilization of Biosolids in a Conservation Cropping
System - Halton Conservation Club |
| |
|
Horticulture Crops: Soil
Management |
| LS 7005 |
Crop Rotations and Cover Crop Effects on Erosion Control, Tomato Yields
and Soil Properties in Southwestern Ontario |
| LS 7009 |
A Cover Cropping Strategy for First Early Potato Production |
| LS 7019 |
Impact of Soil Compaction on the Production of Processing Vegetables
and Other Cash Crops |
| LSII 60 |
The Impact of Alternative Drainage Methods on Water Effluent Quality
and Quantity of Niagara's Concord and Niagara Grapes |
| LSII 87 |
Cover Crop Management for Vegetable Production |
| LSII 102 |
Feasibility of Using Permanent Grass Cover in Vineyards |
| GP/R 2.7 |
Crop Rotations and Cover Crop Effects on Erosion Control, Tomato Yields
and Soil Properties in Southwestern Ontario |
| RCC 13 |
Introducing No-Till Systems into Crop Rotation Based upon Tomato Production
- Kent County Vegetable Growers Association |
| |
|
Greenhouse Management |
| LSII 72 |
Management Practices Supporting Environmental Sustainability for Greenhouse
Vegetable Production |
| LSII 91 |
Management Practices Supporting Environmental Sustainability for Greenhouse
Flower Production |
| |
|
Cropping Systems: General |
| LS 7008 |
Differences in Soil Conservation between Operator-Owned and Rented
Land |
| LSII 71 |
Review of No-till Information for Ontario: Corn, Soybeans, Winter
Wheat |
| RCC 20 |
Farming for Maximum Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability -
Innovative Farmers of Ontario |
| |
|
Cropping Systems:Effect on
Water Quality |
| NSCP F |
The Effect of Soil Quality on Field Scale Runoff under Conventional
and Conservation Tillage Systems |
| LMAP 16/94 |
Maintenance Program for Three Southwestern Ontario Watersheds, 1993
- 94 |
| LMAP 16/95 |
Maintenance Program for Three Southwestern Ontario Watersheds, 1994
- 95 |
| GP/R 1.8 |
Effect of Controlled Drainage/Subirrigation on Tile Drainage Water
Quality and Crop Yields at the Field Scale |
| GP/R 2.3 |
Environmental Effects of Conservation and Conventional Cropping Systems |
| GP/R 2.6 |
Measuring the Effect of Crop Residue or Live Cover Crops in Conservation
Tillage Systems on Soil and Water Quality |
|
RCC 5 |
Upper Avon River Rural/Urban Conservation Club - Upper Avon River
Conservation Club |
| |
|
Cropping Systems:Effect on
Soil Properties |
| LS 7002 |
Management of Fine Textured Poorly Drained Soils for Intensive Agriculture |
| LS 7004 |
Soil Stewardship Cropping Systems for Corn & Soybean Production in
Ontario |
| LS 7006 |
Management of Fine Textured Poorly Drained Soils for Intensive Agriculture:
Characterization of a Forage Factor Which Enhances the Growth of Corn
in Rotation - Part I |
| LS 7007 |
Management of Fine Textured Poorly Drained Soils for Intensive Agriculture:
Characterization of a Forage Factor Which Enhances the Growth of Corn
in Rotation - Part II |
| LS 7011 |
Crop Rotation Effects on Crop Yields and Soil Properties in Southwestern
Ontario |
| LS 7012 |
Improving the Degraded Structure of Fine Textured Soils with Deep
Tillage and Grass and Legume crops |
| LS 7013 |
Improving the Degraded Structure of a Clay Loam Soil with Deep Tillage
and Grass and Legume Crops |
| LS 7015 |
Crop Production with a No-Traffic Tillage System |
| NSCP F |
Literature Review Pertaining to Buffer Strips |
| NSCP K |
Crop Residue Decomposition and Organic Matter Dynamics in Alternative
Management Systems on Coarse Textured Soils |
| GP/R 2.4 |
Determining the Factors Responsible for, and Methods to Overcome the
Limitations of Conservation Cropping Systems on Clay Soils |
| |
|
Cropping Systems: Demonstrations |
| LSII 7 |
Conservation Technology and Practices in the Cultivation of Canola |
| LSII 22a |
Soil Conditioning for No-till Systems |
| LSII 22b |
Economic Conservation Yield Monitoring Program |
| LSII 29a |
Tillage and Yield Study Group |
| LSII 29d |
Rye Cover Crop in Corn |
| LSII 35 |
No-till Demonstrations |
| LSII 58 |
Tillage Requirements for Corn and Soybeans Following Soybeans |
| LSII 61 |
No-till Demonstrations and Trials |
| LSII 65 |
Evaluation of No-till in Corn and Soybeans |
| LSII 80 |
On-farm Demonstrations and Trials |
| LSII 81 |
Comparison of No-till Planting Equipment |
| LSII 105 |
No-till Equipment for Brookston Clay |
| LSII 106 |
No-till Systems for Brookston Clay |
| LSII 115 |
Evaluation of Corn Hybrids under Ridge-till, Zone-till and Coventional
Tillage Systems |
| RCC 2 |
"Para-Tillage": A Jump Starter for a Conservation Tillage Program
- South Lambton Conservation Tillage Club |
| RCC 9 |
Forages for Soil and Profit - Renfrew Soil and Crop Improvement Association |
|
RCC 14 |
Ridge Till and Strip Cropping Field Days: Comparison of Strip Cropping
with Field Cropping Management - Ontario Ridge Till and Strip Cropping
Club |
| RCC 10 |
Wilkesport Conservation Club - Wilkesport Conservation Club |
| RCC
15 |
Pre-Tillage Equipment Evaluation on Cereal (Winter Wheat) Stubble
- Middlesex Pre-Till Club |
| RCC 22 |
Variable Input Application - Kent Precision Farming Club |
| RCC
27 |
Conservation Farming for Profit - Peel Soil Conservation Club |
| RCC 30 |
Conservation Farming - Wellington County Conservation Club |
| RCC 34 |
Reduced Tillage in Spring & Winter Canola Production - Ontario Canola
Growers' Association |
| |
|
Pest Management - Field Crops |
| LSII 23 |
No-Till Demonstration Plot |
| LSII 29c |
Band Spraying |
| LSII 63 |
Band Spraying, Inter-row cultivation, and Sidedress Nitrogen Application
for Corn in Eastern Ontario |
| LSII 70 |
Evaluation of a Vegetation Detecting Weed Sprayer |
| GLWQP_4 |
Integrated Soil, Crop and Water Management System to Abate Herbicide
and Nitrate Contamination of the Great Lakes: Herbicides |
| GLWQP_12 |
Reduced Chemical Input Systems for Improved Water Quality |
|
RCC 1 |
Long Term Economical & Environmental Feasibility Study of Using a
Vegetation Detecting Sprayer for Weed Control in Conservation Cropping
- Rondeau Agricultural Conservation Corporation |
| RCC 6 |
Integrated Weed Control, Nutrient Management and Reduced Tillage in
Corn and Soybeans - Carleton Soil & Crop Improvement Association |
| RCC 17 |
Management of Corn Rootworms on Farms by Monitoring Eggs - Department
of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph |
| |
|
Pest Management - Horticultural
Crops |
| RCC 4 |
Alternative Methods for Colorado Potato Beetle Control - Southwestern
Ontario Potato Beetle Club |
| RCC 18 |
Non-Chemical Methods of Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle in Potatoes
- Ontario Potato Pest Management Club |
| RCC 33 |
Water & Chemical Management Systems for the Turfgrass Industry -Guelph
Turfgrass Institute/University of Guelph |
| |
|
Wetland Management or Construction |
| LS 7010 |
To Investigate the Establishment, Subsequent Growth and Erosion Control
Potential of Certain Tree & Shrub Species on Gully and Stream |
|
LMAP 6 |
Land Use Adjacent to Southern Ontario Wetlands |
| LMAP
7 |
Computer Simulation of BMPs |
| LMAP 14/94 |
Environmental Monitoring of Agricultural Constructed Wetlands - A
Provincial Study |
| WWW |
3W Program - 10 Demonstration Projects |
| RCC 3 |
Constructed Wetland Facility - The Belle River Conservation Club |
| RCC 19 |
Ontario Land Care - Extension Project Sites -Ducks Unlimited Canada |
|
RCC
25 |
Grumble Hill Farm Constructed Wetland - South Simcoe Conservation
Club |
| |
|
Woodlots & Shelterbelts |
| LS 7000 |
Agroforestry Research and Development |
| LS 7003 |
Agroforestry Research in Ontario |
| LS 7014 |
Farm Shelterbelt Design and Demonstration |
| WWW |
3W Program - 10 Demonstration Projects |
| RCC
32 |
The Effect of Different Maple Bush Management Techniques on Tree Growth
- Association des producteurs francophones d'acériculture de l'Ontario |
| |
|
Agriculture and Wildlife |
| LSII 87 |
Cover Crop Management for Vegetable Production |
|
LMAP 9 |
The Development Of An Ontario Goose Depredation Survey Project |
|
LMAP 10 |
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement on the Farm |
| GP/R 1.9 |
A Literature Review on Wildlife Habitats in Agricultural Landscapes |
| WWW |
3W Program - 10 Demonstration Projects |
| |
|
Community Supported Agriculture |
|
RCC 11 |
The Community Supported Agriculture Project - Community Supported
Agriculture Project |
| |
|
On-farm Research Methods |
| GP/R 2.1 |
Literature Review of On-Farm Research Design and Data Evaluation Methods;
adapted from David Morris, "An
Approach to Technology Transfer within the Canada-Ontario Green Plan"
- April 1995 |
