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Agriculture Policy Assessment
Land application of Greenhouse Nutrient Feedwater - Analysis of Historical Lake Erie Phosphorus Management Processes
- Exploration of development of soil management protocol opportunities for greenhouse gas emission reductions and/or removals under Canada’s Offset System
- Nutrient Management Research
Applied Research
Beneficial Management Practices
- On-farm applied research and monitoring for soil health and water quality (ONFARM)
- BMPs for managing irrigation water runoff and environmental conditions (dehumidification practices) for the greenhouse and container nursery industry
- Best management practices evaluation in the Kettle Creek watershed and Lake Erie basin
- Evaluation of innovative water treatment technologies for the reuse of nutrient solutions in the horticulture industry
Environmental Microbiology
- Methods for on-site monitoring of microbial water quality in horticultural facilities
- Evaluating soil biological tests for assessing soil health
- Pathogen die-off rates following manure application under Ontario field conditions
- Survival of pathogens during storage of livestock manures
- Reduction of pathogens in liquid manure storage under Ontario conditions
Manure, Biosolids, and other Soil Amendment Management
- 4Rs (Right Source, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place) for soil amendments
- The Regional Municipality of York: Reuse water demonstration project
- A Survey of trace elements in livestock manures in Ontario
- Nitrogen mineralization from non-agricultural source materials (NASM): Literature review laboratory and incubation experiment
- Toronto and Durham biosolids master plan: Land application assessment
Soil Conservation and Water Quality
- Development of Source Water protection plans template for Ontario producers and RMO training
- Agricultural land management and water quality data evaluation in representative agricultural watersheds in the Grand River and Thames River basins
- Development of agri-environmental indicators for soil and water quality
- Development of a comprehensive risk management tool for on-farm management of chemical and pathogen threats associated with agricultural field and farmstead activities
- Innovative nitrogen management strategies to reduce groundwater impacts in drinking water source protection areas
- Review of Minimum Distance Separation from Surface Water
Land Evaluation
- Soil capability assessment of an agricultural parcel in the Township of Ramara, County of Simcoe.
- Land evaluation area review studies (LEAR )- City of Hamilton and Prince Edward County
- On-farm soil investigations for Lake Huron Pipeline Twinning Construction
- Construction monitoring for water and gas pipeline installations on agricultural lands
- Minimum separation distance (MSD) calculation
- Soil Survey and Canada Land Inventory (CLI) determinations
- Feed-in Tariff Program
- Land use zoning applications
Nutrient Management Planning
- Provincially approved Nutrient Management Strategies and completed Plans for more than 100 livestock producers in Ontario
Source Water Protection Plans
- Working with more than a dozen producers within Source Water Protection Areas to assess risks and create a plan for protecting the local drinking water with respect to Local Source Water Protection Plan
LEADS Farmland Health Check-ups and Assessments
- Conducting farmland health check-ups and assessment in regards to soil health conditions for numerous Ontario producers looking for funding to help implement suitable and eligible BMPs on farm to improve soil health