Living Lab Initiative Brings Together Farmers, Researchers and Agri-Experts to Test Sustainable Nitrogen Practices

Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle, professor in U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College, is leading the project, which compares grazed and ungrazed cover crops within a cash crop rotation while looking to enhance soil health and reduce the need for inputs. With the project in the early stages, Wagner-Riddle she says her team is looking towards a long-term goal of developing “new practical knowledge that will help the dairy sector to move towards net-zero goals while also being a thriving sector.”

A monitoring site at Harrcroft Acres, home of a private dairy herd, will provide a new on-farm data set for the research.

Read the story in Farmtario: Living Lab helps farmers optimize sustainable nitrogen use