Owners of the Kilpiä farm and Luke organized a visit to the Case Study 14a (Contrasting continuous plant cover with inversion tillage in wheat fields) demo site in Pusula Finland on the 24th of November. This can be marked as a new regional meeting of the Boreal region. The project members who assisted enjoyed the demonstrations on how the soil looks like after the 3 years of conventional tillage and reduced tillage. Also, they were able to discuss the future…
From the 10th to the 13th of October the Boreal Region held its last earthworm and soil sampling event for case studies 13 and 15 in Latilia, Finland. This is the third year that earthworm and soil samples are being taken. The early potato fields were studied to see the effects of forest-based organic amendments and cover crops on soil biological diversity.
SoildiverAgro was introduced to several Finnish stakeholders at Lepaa 2022 Horticultural exhibition which took place from 11 to 13th August. The discussions focused on fibres and catch crops were organized by Kauppapuutarhaliitto. SoildiverAgro partners Petla and LUKE participated with a stand. Also on the 16th, 40 stakeholders participated in a field tour, trial presentations and discussions, organized at Räpi by Petla, Apetit, LUKE, Pyhäjärvi-instituutti säätiö and Tampere University.
SoildiverAgro was displayed at the Farmari exhibition for Finnish agriculture, forestry and countryside, held from June 30th to July 2nd in Mikkeli, Finland. Farmari is an event for the whole family, presenting the modern Finnish food production chain from field to table. This is where professionals and consumers meet to exchange ideas and opinions. The Finnish Natural Resources Institute (Luke) introduced the SoildiverAgro project among others to the visitors. Altogether the exhibition attracted a total of 60 000 visitors. SoildiverAgro…
On the 30th of June and the 2nd of July in 2022 SoildiverAgro will be at the National Farmari exhibition in Mikkeli (Finland). Farmari is an event for the whole family, presenting the modern Finnish food production chain from field to table. This is the place where professionals and consumers meet. Our partner Luke will have a stand and introduce the SoildiverAgro project to the visitors. The expected amount of visitors to the exhibition is about 75,000 people. You can…
Our Finnish partners Luke and Tyynelä farm took the first gas samples for GHG determination on the 25th of May and the 8th of June, and the first soil samples on the 17th of June from Boreal pedoclimatic region in the field of case study 14b located in Tyynelä farm in south-Eastern Finland. The experimental field in case study 14b was established in the winter wheat field to study the effect of reduced tillage combined with direct sowing used in organic…
Next Tuesday 19th of January between 1 and 3 p.m. our finish partners Luke is holding a discussion group with at least 10 farms and project members involved in WP3 to discuss about the preliminary results focused on the fungal community composition and earthworm diversity in soil samples obtained in autumn 2019 from 20 different field plots of the boreal region. Boreal region coordinator Krista Peltoniemi and senior scientist Visa Nuutinen are giving brief presentations about the results and after…
The first of the field days held in July was attended by about 75 farmers and advisors who analyzed cover and companion crops, organised by Tyynelä Farm. Participants performed several shovel tests in the field, to perform a simplified soil diagnosis. Soil specialists from University of Helsinki and local advisory oganization showed attendees how to perform a visual soil assessment for decision making. The project aroused great interest among the participants and actively discussed topics related to crop rotation, soil…
