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Custom PRSSS Playing Cards Now Available!
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Soil Fact Playing Cards for Purchase
The PRSSS is proud to present a custom card deck featuring fun soil facts! Card decks can be purchased for $20. See our merchandise page for details Thanks to everyone who contributed soil facts: Jean-Thomas Cornelis Bryan Driscoll Francis Durnin-Vermette Lewis Fausak Deepa Filatow Taylor Griffin Maja Krzic Katie McMahen Lee-Ann Nelson Amy Norgaard […]
Job opportunity: Asst. Professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba
The Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor focusing on digital technologies in agronomy. The position begins July 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. Application Deadline: March 16, 2020 Asst_Professor_Digital_Agronomy_Univ_of_Manitoba
Canadian Soil Science Society Annual Meeting, June 21-25, PEI
All event information is available on the CSSS Annual Meeting 2020 website.
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PhD opportunities: Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph
Two funded PhD positions: Structural stability of agricultural soils in Ontario Project: Surface and subsurface compaction, due to traffic, and surface crusting, due to rain-induced disaggregation, continue to be major problems facing agriculture in Ontario and elsewhere. With the trend towards larger farms, more massive equipment and increasing unpredictability of climate, the risk of soil […]
Summer Soil ID Course has been cancelled
June 9 – 11, 2020 in Williams Lake
IX International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops, Israel
The IX International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops will be held June 7-11, 2020 at the Yearim Hotel, Kibbutz Ma’ale HaHamisha, Israel, under the aegis of the ISHS. A link to the symposium website and other information can be found at: www.ortra.com/events/mnutrition2020 The objective of the symposium is to share interdisciplinary, fundamental and […]
Grant Opportunity: The Innovation Awards Roullier
This international contest in Plant and Animal Nutrition, organized by the Groupe Roullier (French Company), will reward the two best projects with a grant of €75,000 each. The competition is open to all universities and research laboratories worldwide. Apply by February 29, 2020 For this edition, the soil will be at the center of the plant […]
Job Posting: Senior Research Scientist – Soil Carbon, Adelaide, AU
The Opportunity Are you interested in soil carbon research? Apply your skills to a dynamic role with world class analytical facilities! Join CSIRO – Australia’s premier science & technology research organisation. CSIRO’s Agriculture and Food is seeking to appoint a senior research scientist to lead the soil carbon research portfolio. In this position you will deliver […]