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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

Soil Management

Soil management, or soil conservation, deals with some aspect of protecting soil resources and using soils in a sustainable manner. Effective soil conservation in agriculture hinges on five basic principles:

  1. Keeping soil in place by reducing tillage practices
  2. Maintaining or improving soil quality parameters, such as organic matter, bulk density, earthworms, desirable soil structure, etc.
  3. Managing and protecting water supplies
  4. Planning a crop rotation system made up of crops that are profitable and protect soil quality
  5. Applying only the amount of inputs needed to achieve reasonable crop production targets

 

Soil Topics

 

 

Water Management

 

For further information, contact your GO Representative.