This project was carried out by Club agroenvironnemental de l’Estrie (CAE Estrie), and IRDA was in charge of conducting the economic analysis. Producers in this region recognize the value of using cover crops. However, a number of technical issues need to be resolved in order for producers to adopt this technique.
From 2014 to 2017
Project duration
Field crops
Activity areas
Soil health
Service
This project will help encourage farmers to plant cover crops.
Club agroenvironnemental de l'Estrie
The project was designed to assess the profitability of various types of cover crops and planting methods at the farm level.
Researcher: Luc Belzile
Testing the efficacy of four biofungicides against Sclerotinia in soybeans.
Researcher: Luc Belzile
The LandCoM project aims to develop an automated method for evaluating by remote sensing the percentage of soil cover by crop residues and cover crops.
Researcher: Simon Ricard