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November 5, 2022
Canola Digest: Take 4R to the Next Level
Many farmers follow 4R practices – perhaps unknowingly – because of the inherent benefits associated with proper nutrient management. This case study describes the 4R practices for one Saskatchewan farmer…
July 27, 2022
How variable is your soil?
Grid soil sampling has historically been the gold standard to measure nutrient variability in soils. But is grid sampling good enough? Or can we do better with newer technology?
April 20, 2022
Fertilizer Stabilizers: How Do We Use Them?
Often called by many names in the marketplace — nitrogen stabilizers, controlled release products or nitrogen inhibitors — fertilizer stabilizers are used to increase the efficiency of applied nitrogen when…
January 26, 2022
Drones in Agriculture: How Can They Be Used with SWAT MAPS?
Drones have received a lot of attention in agriculture, especially since they became affordable mapping tools about eight years ago.
December 2, 2021
Get More Out of Soil Sampling with SWAT MAPS
Each nutrient behaves differently depending on soil type, water flow and topography – features which are captured in high resolution with SWAT MAPS!
October 26, 2021
Understanding Terms Used to Discuss Soil Moisture Variability
In the development of SWAT WATER, a product of SWAT MAPS, the objective has been to provide three relatively simply datasets for users to interpret and drive management decisions
October 4, 2021
Using SWAT MAPS in Potato Production
Here in Prince Edward Island, our agricultural landscape is dominated by potato production. Rather than looking to Western Canada for solutions, we often turned to Western Europe and places like…
September 13, 2021
5 Ways to Use SWAT MAPS in a Single Season
SWAT MAPS are an incredibly useful layer of information to use for a variety of purposes.
September 3, 2021
Managing pH Variability with SWAT MAPS
Many areas of the world have problems with low soil pH, which can reduce phosphate availability and increase potential for toxicities from micronutrients such as aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn).
August 4, 2021
Managing Corn Population with SWAT MAPS
Successful precision agronomy depends on creating the correct zone map that can group all the areas together that have a similar response.
July 6, 2021
Spilling the (Edible) Beans About SWAT MAPS
In Manitoba, Croptimistic and our partners are learning ways to use SWAT MAPS to manage potential issues in edible beans.
June 23, 2021
Knoll Management with SWAT MAPS
For every knoll that has been taken out of production altogether, there must be many acres that are somewhere in between… not fully productive, but not to the point where…
June 18, 2021
Sulphur: Are You Really Applying the Right Rate?
Sulphur (S) may be the most variable nutrient we see in western Canadian and northern great plains soils, especially in glacial till soils.
June 3, 2021
The Role of SWAT MAPS in Environmental Stewardship
A SWAT map allows a farmer or agronomist to manage spatial variability across a landscape in several ways, including variable rate fertility, seed, soil amendments, or soil applied herbicides –…
May 11, 2021
Putting Nitrogen in the Crop, Not the Air
There’s a lot of talk of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts of everything we do. From “carbon footprint” to surface water pollution, agriculture is no stranger to negative attention.…
May 4, 2021
SWAT MAPS and Herbicide Degradation
Herbicides are a critical tool on any farm but we need to utilize them carefully as resistance builds and options are limited. While ensuring we are killing target weeds, we…
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