About the Event
At 9:00 am at the La Crete Heritage Centre, join soil researchers Dr. Miles Dyck and Dr. Linda Gorim for two technical classroom talks on liming, humic acid and soil fertility. After a free lunch, jump on the bus tour to see MARA’s liming trials in a producer’s field.
Topics include:
- Soil pH and liming, covering different types of lime, uses, and recommended application rates.
- Humic acid’s role in soil health.
- Integrating perennial forages into annual cropping rotations for improved soil health, based on long-term research results from the Breton Plots.
With expertise in cover crops and soil management, Dr. Linda Gorim will be able to answer any questions on cover crop mixes, sourcing cover crop seed, and what works in Mackenzie County.
Bring your questions, challenges, and experiences. Whether you’re looking to troubleshoot a specific field issue or explore new soil management practices, this is an opportunity to have your questions answered by leading researchers and see a liming field trial in-person.
About the Speakers
Dr. Miles Dyck is a professor of soil science at the University of Alberta, researching the impacts of agricultural management on soil and crop health and teaching courses in soil physics and soil formation. Growing up on the family farm near Swift Current, Sask., he developed an intense curiosity about soils and an appreciation for the hard work required to run a farm. He is dedicated to executing and sharing results from farm-relevant research.
Dr. Linda Gorim is a professor of soil science at the University of Alberta. She grew up on a farm in Cameroon, West Africa, where she obtained her BSc in Zoology. She then obtained the Fiat Panis scholarship, which enabled her to obtain her MSc and subsequently a PhD in Agriculture from the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, working on cover cropping and crop water stress. Prior to her current position, Dr. Gorim did a Postdoc and served as a Research Associate with the lentil Breeder, Dr. Albert Vandenberg, University of Saskatchewan, working on the identification of drought tolerance traits in wild lentil germplasm that can be introgressed into cultivated lentil. She is currently an Assistant Professor and the Western Grains Research Foundation Chair in Cropping Systems. Her work addresses farmers’ problems via the optimization of farm inputs and practices