The Science of Dirt

This post is intended to give everyone an overview of the midterm exam, to highlight the areas that were done well and to indicate areas tha...

In our previous blog we examined soils developed on glacial till and glacio-lacustrine parent materials. These materials are the foundation ...

We have examined the general characteristics of parent materials common to Saskatchewan, let us now turn our attention to the agricultural c...

  We have discussed the influence of parent material, climate, vegetation, topography, time and man on soil genesis or pedogenesis. This pos...

One of the more difficult parts of my job as a teaching faculty is to train students in the production of good quality term papers. In any a...

Although the pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, most soils have pH values between 4 and 9.  Many soils of the world are acidic for a variety of r...

My previous blog discussed changes in Western Canadian cropping systems over the last 40 year period and the benefits that have accrued to s...