Call for Producer Participation: Developing the Saskatchewan Assessment of Soil Health (SASH) Tool

May 27, 2021

You are invited to join the network of volunteer farmers participating in our research project aimed at developing a soil health testing tool for Saskatchewan producers.

RESEARCHERS: Dr. Kate Congreves (Project leader), Dr. Zelalem Taye (Postdoctoral Fellow), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan.

FUNDED BY: Sask Wheat and SaskCanola

PARTICIPANT PROFILE: Producers across Saskatchewan. Enroll using the link below to be added to the network of volunteers participating in the research project aimed at developing a soil health testing tool for Saskatchewan producers.

FILLING THE FORM: The online registration takes 1-2 minutes of your time. You will be asked to answer demographic questions, producer association, rural municipality, and crop district you belong to. You can also email us at zmt059@mail.usask.ca with your details to participate in this project.

CLICK HERE TO ENROLL

Source : saskwheat

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