Research Areas:

Plant nutrition, soils, agronomy and cultivar improvement of cereals, oilseeds, and forages, agroforestry (hybrid poplar), energy from crop co-products.

Expertises:

Northern Ontario agriculture, nitrogen requirements of spring cereals and canola, agronomy of spring cereals, canola, forages and hemp, energy from whole canola seed, hybrid poplar production, use of paper mill biosolids.

Affiliations:

• Ontario Cereal Crops Committee (Secretary)
  
  
• Ontario Soil Management Research and Services Committee
  
  
• Ontario Soil Water and Air Research and Services Committee
  
  
• Ontario Forage Crops Committee
  
  
• Ontario Oil and Protein Seed Crops Committee
  
  
• Oat and Barley Council of Ontario
  
  
• University of Guelph Animal Care Committee
  
  
• South Temiskaming Community Futures Development Corporation (Vice Chair)
  

Current Research Projects:

• Methods of determining straw yields in cereal variety tests
  
  
• Sulfur nutrition of canola grown in northern Ontario
  
  
• Clone evaluation of hybrid poplar
  
  
• Influence of agronomic factors on seed size and protein content of malting barley
  
  
• Selection for regional adaptation of new lines of spring wheat, oat, barley, canola and industrial hemp for grain.
  
  
• Influence of manure application method on coliform survival on pasture.
  
  
• Cover crops for nutrient retention and addition in NW Ontario
  
  
• Influence of agronomic factors on the long-chain sugar polymer content of forage grass and spring cereal.
  
  
• Evaluation of regional adaptation of new field crop species to northern Ontario.
  
  

Recent Publications:

• Rowsell, J., J. Jobler, H. Earl, I. Coyle and B. Hawkins. 2007. Whole Canola as a Fuel Source. Ontario Alternative Renewable Fuels Research and Development Fund Final Report (OMAFRA)
  
  
• Rowsell, J. and J. Kobler. 2007. Crop investigations near Verner in 2007. New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station Report 08-1. 43pp.
  
  
• Rowsell, J. and K.Bliss. 2007. Hybrid poplar production in Rainy River District using paper mill clarifibre. New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station Report 07-1. 64pp.
  
  
• Rowsell, J. and J. Kobler. 2006. Crop investigations near Verner in 2006. New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station Report 07-2. 35pp.
  
  
• Rowsell, J. and M. Bowman. 2006. Crop investigations near Verner in 2005. New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station Report 06-1. 29pp.
  
  
• Rowsell, J. 2005. Low trajectory manure application system final report. New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station Report 05-2. 31pp.