Organic Friends' E‑zine: July 2017
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As summer settles in across this beautiful country, we wish you a bountiful growing season.
In this issue:
Latest News and Results
Theme A: Field Crops
- Assessing nutrient status of organic grain farms on the Canadian Prairie
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2017
- Farmer participatory plant breeding for organic production in Canada: Summary of the last 4 years [PDF - 3.5 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2017
- New tool helps organic farmers assess and manage nutrients
- OrganicBiz. 2016
- Nitrous oxide soil emissions from an organic and conventionally managed cropping system in Manitoba
- University of Manitoba, MSc thesis of Megan Westphal. 2016
- Nutrient availability from soil test and resin methods following compost manure application to commercial organic field crops [PDF - 1.7 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- Promoting beneficial soil microbial diversity: Soil microbial diversity improves nutrient efficiency and crop productivity, and reduces disease incidence
- Top Crop Manager. 2016
- Selected soil biological parameters measured in the 19th year of a long term organic-conventional comparison study in Canada
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 233: 343-351
Theme B: Horticultural Crops
- Cover crops to increase soil microbial diversity and mitigate decline in perennial agriculture
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2016) 36: 48
- Effect of Cover Crops on Yield and Leaf Nutrient Concentrations in an Organic Honeycrisp Apple (Malus domestica ‘Honeycrisp’) Orchard in Nova Scotia, Canada
- HortScience (2016) 51: 1378-1383
- Fertilization management of organic greenhouse soil-less cucumber [PDF - 6.4 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- Going beyond sprays and killing agents: Exclusion, sterilization and disruption for insect pest control in pome and stone fruit orchards
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 208: 13-27
- Growing High-Density, High-Value Apple Plantings under Row-by-Row Exclusion Nets: effects on Pests and Fruit Quality [PDF - 811 kB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- High tunnels can be used for organic vegetable and nutraceutical crop production in Southern Ontario [PDF - 6.1 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- Hydrophobic Polymer Exclusion Nets [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- Impact of cover crops and combinations of organic fertilizers in organic carrot cropping system assessed by metagenomic analysis of soil bacterial diversity [PDF - 1.6 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
- Producing high-quality Honeycrisp apples under exclusion nets: how to allow pollination while excluding pests? [PDF - 5.1 MB]
- Presented at the 2nd Canadian Organic Science Conference. 2016
Check back next month for the latest updates in the Crop Pests and Livestock Themes. For more information on specific Research Activities, please visit the Organic Science Cluster II website.
Soils and Fertility
Field Crops
- Rodale Institute's High Residue Cultivator
- Rodale Institute. 2017
Pest Management
- Video: Scouting Vegetable Crops: An Introduction for Farmers
- eOrganic. 2017
Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- 2017 Organic Seed Production Webinar Series by Organic Seed Alliance and eOrganic
Ecology and Environment
- Increasing Agricultural Sustainability Through Organic Farming: Outcomes from the 2016 Organic Confluences Summit [PDF – 3.4MB]
- The Organic Center. 2017
Soils and Fertility
- Activity, diversity and function of arbuscular mycorrhizae vary with changes in agricultural management intensity
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 241: 142-149
- Long-term negative phosphorus budgets in organic crop rotations deplete plant-available phosphorus from soil
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2017) 37: 17
Horticulture
- Effects of Floor Vegetation and Fertility Management on Weed Biomass and Diversity in Organic Peach Orchards
- Weed Technology (2017) 31: 404-415
- Impact of exclusion netting row covers on arthropod presence and crop damage to ‘Honeycrisp’ apple trees in North America: A five-year study
- Crop Protection (2017) 98: 248-254
- Mass Release of Trichogramma evanescens and T. cacoeciae Can Reduce Damage by the Apple Codling Moth Cydia pomonella in Organic Orchards under Pheromone Disruption
- Insects (2017) 8: 41
Pest Management
- Crop cultivar affects performance of herbivore enemies and may trigger enhanced pest control by coaction of different parasitoid species
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 245: 74-82
Livestock
- Effect of feeding strategies and cropping systems on greenhouse gas emission from Wisconsin certified organic dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 5957-5973
Ecology and Environment
- Impact of cover cropping and landscape positions on nitrous oxide emissions in northeastern US agroecosystems
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 245: 124-134
- Management matters: A comparison of ant assemblages in organic and conventional vineyards
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 246: 175-183
- Subtle differences in birds detected between organic and nonorganic farms in Saskatchewan Prairie Parklands by farm pair and bird functional group
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 246: 184-201
- Use of laboratory incubation techniques to estimate greenhouse gas footprints from conventional and no-tillage organic agroecosystems
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2017) 112: 204-215
Transition to Organic
- Converting to organic viticulture increases cropping system structure and management complexity
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2017) 37: 19
- Growing opportunity through innovation in agriculture
Includes organic production statistics from the latest census- Statistics Canada. 2017
- Organic Agriculture in the Prairies: 2015 Statistics [PDF – 6.3 MB]
- Canada Organic Trade Association. 2017
- New comment period for Standards Interpretation Committee's Questions and Answers Regarding the National Standards for Organic Agriculture [PDF - 828 kB]
- Comment period open until August 1, 2017
- Quebec passes Saskatchewan in organic farms
- OrganicBiz. 2017
- Proper rotations require careful crop management
- The Western Producer Organic Matters Column. 2017
- University of Guelph Introduces New Organic Agriculture Certificate to Enhance Educational Opportunities for Students
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Organic On Farm Demonstration Plot: Camera Guided Cultivation in Solid Seeded Organic Hemp | Winkler, MB |
July 17, 2017 |
| Southern Alberta Field Day with Mans Organic Farms |
Coaldale, AB | July 20, 2017 |
| OPAM Farm Tour and Evening Potluck | Holland area, MB | July 21, 2017 |
| Rourke Farm Tour | Minto, MB |
July 28, 2017 |
| Carnegie Farm Tour | Brandon, MB |
August 4, 2017 |
| ACORN AGM & Speaker Series |
Sackville, NB | August 21, 2017 |
| Organic Week 2017 | Across Canada |
September 16-24, 2017 |
| Seed Field Day |
Upper Stewiacke & Truro, NS |
September 18, 2017 |
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Montreal, QC |
October 13-15, 2017 |
| TIPI Pre-Conference at OWC 2017: Accelerating innovation - the role of science, policy and practice | New Delhi, India | November 8, 2017 |
| 19th Organic World Congress |
New Delhi, India | November 9-11, 2017 |
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