Soil Health Projects

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

Cover crops for improved soil management and soil health in the Holland Marsh


Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Novel approaches for assessing biological indicators of soil health


Lead Applicant: Kari Dunfield

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Ridgetown