Look after Your Soil Microbes: U of G Research in Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine

Headed by soil and environmental microbiology professor Dr. Kari Dunfield, a University of Guelph research team leveraged long-running crop trials at the Ontario Crops Research Centre sites in Elora and Ridgetown to map what microbial communities look like in different agricultural soils in southern Ontario. Findings suggest reduced tillage, higher crop diversity (such as winter wheat and cover crops), and more active cropping rotations are a win for bacteria and fungi beneficial to crop production.

Read the story in the February 2026 issue of Ontario Grain Farmer magazine: Look after your soil microbes

Learn more in Soil Health: An Alliance Impact Case Study