Soil
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APSIM: Comparing Traditional Fallow vs Conservation Tillage Strategies
One popular conservation tillage strategy is to leave ample crop residue on fallow land over a growing season, as opposed to fallowing the traditional way (leaving the crop empty to…
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Digital Crop Modelling: APSIM
I have been exploring software that integrates soil science and agrology into the digital world. I recently started learning a program called APSIM. We can use these types of programs…
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Digging into the USDA soil system: A translation for Canadians
I’ve recently been honing my soil science knowledge, and decided to finally start getting myself familiar with the USDA system of soil taxonomy. This is the system of classification mainly…
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Soil Survey and Wildlife Sweeps: Where do they intersect?
I had an interesting opportunity in my winter wildlife sweeps to go over sites that I had previously done summer soil surveys on, now with the help and guidance of…
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My safety talk at the Montrose Q4 meeting
Safety is our first priority.
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Interview with Taiwanese Blogger Zuola
Did not expect such a response!
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Erosion Control Seeding Project
Back to work
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My travel experience in Taiwan
I’ve put together a small video to commemorate my time spent in Taiwan. What started as a blind vacation, originally planned for less than one week, turned into perhaps one…
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Soil Survey in northern Alberta
First soil survey
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Land Reclamation Tree Planting Project
This was a land reclamation project at a mine site in Alberta. My role lasted 18 days straight, and I helped a team of tree planters plant about 300,000 trees…
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Invasive Vegetation Management Project
I recently completed a vegetation management project, which had me identifying noxious weeds, using GIS softwares like ArcGIS and Fieldmaps to track growth and spread of species, manual and mechanical…
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