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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Watch the full interview to hear why Pairwise believes agriculture is approaching an important inflection point for gene editing, and why the pace of innovation over the next decade could surprise the industry.

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