Organic production Resources
Successful organic production requires research and self-education, observation, experimentation, and learning from others. We have compiled a number of resources under common categories of interest. Click on the category below for a quick link to the section, or scroll down to view all.
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Rotations & Nutrient Management
Pest Management-Weeds and Insects
Intercropping & Cover cropping
Soil Health & Regenerative Organic Agriculture
Post-Harvest Grain Handling and Storage
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Field Crop Production
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Organic Field Crop Production: General resources-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Filtering seed guide information for prairie organic farms-Manitoba Cooperator, April 2025
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Seed Variety Selection in Organic Production: Wheat, Oats, Soybeans Factsheet-Pivot & Grow
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Earlier Seeding of Cereal Crops Means Higher and more Reliable Yields-Abundance Magazine, Summer 2023
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Organic Agronomist Training Module 2: Seeds & Seeding-Webinar with Dr. Martin Entz, Pivot & Grow
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Is Smart Technology Smart for Organic Agriculture?-Abundance Magazine, Spring 2023
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Narrowing the Organic and Conventional Crop Yield Gap–Abundance Magazine, Fall 2022
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Buckwheat: A Short Season Crop to Add to Your Organic Production: Abundance Magazine, Spring 2022
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Growing Organic Flax in Saskatchewan: Abundance Magazine, Fall 2021
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Growing Organic Dry Beans in Saskatchewan: Abundance Magazine, Summer 2021
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Growing Organic Cereal Crops in Saskatchewan: Abundance Magazine, Spring 2021
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Crops Through Effective Use of Buffer Zones: Abundance Magazine, Winter 2021
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Organic Producers Need to Grow More Pulses and Often: Abundance Magazine, Fall 2020
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Organic Chickpea Research-Perry Miller, Presentation from Organic Research Zoom Meeting, 2021
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Economics of organic diversified cropping strategies – Top Crop Manager, Digital Edition – July 2021
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The allelopathy effect: how it can benefit organics – Western Producer – May 2018
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Cultural Practices Factsheet: Pivot & Grow
Rotations & Nutrient Management
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The Nutrient Budgeting App-Learn more on Pivot & Grow, create a free account!
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Green Manure Toolkit-Pivot & Grow
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Organic Agronomist Training Module 1: Nutrient Management in Organic Crop Rotations-Webinar with Dr. Martin Entz, Pivot & Grow
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Green Manure Factsheets from Eastern Canada: View here and here-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Crop Rotation in Organic Agriculture-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Soil & Fertility Management in Organic Systems-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Managing soil phosphorus in organic cropping systems-Abundance Magazine, Spring 2025
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A Systems Approach to Organic Agricultural Production-Abundance Magazine, Fall 2023
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Phosphorus Cycling on Organic Farms Factsheet-Pivot & Grow
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Green Manures: Findings from Eastern and Western Canada-SaskOrganics Webinar Recording, 2021
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Phos for Us? Managing phosphorus on organic farms: SaskOrganics Webinar Recording, 2020
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Organic Crop Production Fertility-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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Crop Rotation: Abundance Magazine, Winter 2018
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Rotations Factsheet-Pivot & Grow
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How to Successfully Introduce Specialty Crops to your Organic Crop Rotation: Abundance Magazine, Winter 2022
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Evaluation of Soil Amendments for Increasing Nutrients in Organic Farming: Prepared by the University of Saskatchewan, funded by the Agriculture Development Fund​​​
Pest Management-Weeds & Insects
Weeds​
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Organic Crop Production Weed Management-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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Breaking the Vicious Cycle: A Systems Approach to Weed Management in Organic Production-Pivot & Grow Factsheet
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Crop Allelopathy and its potential use for weed control-Abundance, Summer 2025
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Interrow cultivation helps organic crops-Western Producer, April 2025
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Pest management in organic cropping systems-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Organic Agronomist Training Module 3: Insect & Disease Management: Webinar with Dr. Martin Entz, Pivot & Grow
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Canada Thistle Management: Abundance Magazine, Fall 2019
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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em: Utilizing a weed’s natural traits to combat them-Sherri Roberts Presentation from Organic Research Zoom Meeting, December 15 2021​
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Impact of tillage timing and intensity on weeds under organic management in the Brown Soil Zone -Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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Perennial weed control in organic rotations – Top Crop Manager – April 2020
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Weed Management for Organic Producers: Literature review by Brenda Frick
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Insects
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Insect management in organic cropping systems-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Organic Crop Insect Management-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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Grasshoppers and their Control in Organic Production-Abundance Magazine, Spring 2024
Disease Management
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​​​Pathogens and Disease in Organic Field Crops: An Interconnected View-Abundance Magazine, Summer 2024
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Biocontrol agents show promise against fungal diseases-Top Krop Manager-March 2023
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Disease pressure in intercrops grown under organic management – Top Crop Manager – June 2021
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Organic Crop Production Disease Management-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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Root disease and fungal populations in organic crops under different tillage and cropping systems – summary of manuscript – June 2021
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Fusarium head blight in organic cereal crops – Sustainable organic crop production alternatives for disease control (and Biocontrol for Fusarium pathogens) – Top Crop Manager – June 2020
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Science seeks to solve FHB… ASAP – Alberta Wheat Commission – January 2020
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Assessing disease resistance-Top Krop Manager-April 2017​​​​​
Intercropping & COver Cropping
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Cereal crop following organic intercrops and their respective monocultures in the semiarid Canadian Prairie-Agronomy Journal, 117, e70032
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Intercropping of oat or mustard with legumes under organic management in the semiarid Canadian Prairie-Agronomy Journal, 117, e70056
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Cover Crops in Organic Production-Abundance Magazine, Winter 2024
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Living Legume Mulch for Organic Field Crops in Dry Environments-Abundance Magazine, Fall 2024
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Intercropping of Pulse and Oilseed to Enhance Crop Yield and Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency-Issue 24-Abundance Magazine, Summer 2022
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Designing intercrops for organic systems-Top Krop Manager- June 2022
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Companion Cropping in SW Manitoba– Scott Chalmers, Diversification Specialist, Manitoba Agriculture
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Cover Cropping on the Prairies-SaskOrganics Webinar Recording, 2021
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Mixing it Up: Cover Cropping and Intercropping Webinar Recording, 2020
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Intercropping – Matching crops for better results – Some combos work better than others – GrowPro Magazine – December 2019
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Replacing Summer Fallow with Cover Crops: Abundance Magazine, Issue 12-Summer 2019
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Intercropping: Abundance Magazine, Spring 2018
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Intercropping study reveals benefits – Western Producer – May 2018
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Intercropping Fact Sheet-Pivot & Grow​​
Soil Health & Regenerative Practices
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Regenerative Organic Hub-Canadian Organic Growers
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Regenerative Organic Farming Factsheet-Pivot & Grow
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Organic Agronomist Training Module 4: Soil Health in Organic Farming Systems: Webinar with Dr. Martin Entz, Pivot & Grow
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Soil treated with organic fertilizers stores more carbon, study finds-Phys.org Article, September 2024
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​Improving Soil Health: Abundance Magazine, Summer 2018
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Regenerative Organic Certification: Abundance Magazine, Summer 2020
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Organic Crop Production Soil Conservation Practices-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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Crop Production and Environmental Impacts under Organic Management with Reduced Tillage and Diversified Cropping. Crops & Soils Magazine, V 53, Issue 1, January–February 2020.
Increasing Biodiversity
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Uncovering the Value of Prairie Trees-Abundance Magazine, Winter 2025
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Shelterbelt DSS-University of Saskatchewan Shelterbelt Planning & Evaluation Tool
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Improving Biodiversity in Organic Cropping Systems: Abundance Magazine, Spring 2020
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Building Biodiversity With Pollinator Strips-Avena Foods
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Shelterbelts & Perennial Vegetation For Carbon Sequestration & Biodiversity-SaskOrganics Webinar Recording
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Protecting the Integrity of Organic Crops Through Effective Use of Buffer Zones: Abundance Magazine, Winter 2021
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Nurturing Nature: Fostering Biodiversity on Farms-SaskOrganics Webinar Recording, July 2020
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Beelines-Spring 2020
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The Bees Knees-Supporting Wild Bee Diversity on Farms-SaskOrganics Webinar Recording
On-Farm Research & Testing
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Organic farms need soil testing too-Manitoba Cooperator, April 2025
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Soil Sampling and Testing: Abundance Magazine, Winter 2020
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DIY On-Farm Research: Abundance Magazine, Spring 2019
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On-Farm Experimentation-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Post-harvest grain handling & Storage
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​Grain Drying and Storage: Abundance Magazine, Fall 2018
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Grain Storage and cleaning: SaskOrganics webinar recording, 2021
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From Harvest to Sale: Maintaining food quality in storage factsheet-Pivot and Grow
Livestock production
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Organic livestock production: General resources for beef, dairy, goats, sheet, poultry and more-Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Cover Cropping Economics with Livestock Integration-Webinar with Kevin Elmy, 2023
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Growing organic forage crops factsheet-Pivot and Grow
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Growing Organic Forage Crops-Abundance Magazine, Winter 2023
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Bale grazing on organic crop land-Gateway Research Organization
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Innovative strategies for organic and regenerative livestock production-Online mini-conference recording playlist​
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Canada Grazing Exchange: A matchmaking platform for livestock and landowners
Vegetable & Fruit Production
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Organic production of horticultural crops: Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
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Growing organic vegetables on the prairies-Online mini conference recordings playlist, 2022
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Prairie organic vegetable production-Online mini conference recordings playlist, 2023
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Expanding the use of cover crops in organic vegetable production-EFAO Webinar recording
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Organic production of horticultural crops-Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
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