Della Bona Farm

This is a mixed dairy farm where soil health is addressed through the use of solid and liquid manure, improved nutrient timing, planned use of nitrification inhibitors, introduction of cover crops and a shift from ploughing to minimum tillage. The cropping system includes wheat and winter forage mixtures (feed-oriented) and maize silage (feed).

Green crops and tree-lined field boundaries at Della Bona Farm.

Carbon farming practices implemented

11 -  Manure incorporation into soil

13 - Improving timing and application of nutrients

14 - Use of nitrogen cycle inhibitors

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

Tractor pulling a seed drill across a cultivated field.
Minimun tillage

Tractors and agricultural equipment working in a field.
Slurry

Crops:  

Maize cobs with husks opened on standing plants.
Maize

Green cereal crop growing in a field.
Winter forage mixture

Poplar trees growing in rows.
Cover crop

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