Jian Liu, University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability & Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Helen M Baulch, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Jane A Elliott, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Don Flaten, University of Manitoba, Department of Soil Science, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, Merrin L Macrae, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada and Henry F Wilson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, Canada