The Rural Voice, 2001-04, Page 34F
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30 THE RURAL VOICE
Lawrence Andres, seen testing
compost in a file photo, has been
using compost since coming to
Canada in 1978.
even at a greater distance.
While livestock farmers might
look at composting as a way of
solving a problem of too much
manure, those growing crops can
enjoy the benefits of improved soil
by using compost. Research into the
value of compost for different types
of crops has been ongoing at
Agriculture and Agri -food Canada's
Pacific Agri -Food Research Centre in
British Columbia, the Fredericton
Research Centre in New Brunswick
and Brock University in St.
Catharines. On vegetables plots, for
instance, soil physical changes after
four years of compost application
included an approximate doubling of
organic matter content and slight
increases in soil water holding
capacity (though less than expected).
Probably nobody in Ontario has
more experience with
composting than Laurence
Andres who brought composting
know-how with him from his native
Switzerland when he moved to a
Kincardine -area dairy farm in 1978.
He says he can see a physical
difference in the soil. "You can see
much more biological activity," he
says, including more earth worms.
The results for crops are also
impressive. "In a drought year, plants
keep going a lot longer than in the
early days. In a wet year, crops
survive well." Plants in the soil seem
to be able to deal with stress much
better.
In fact, Andres says, he doesn't
soil test much anymore. An organic
dairy farmer, Andres believes