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Winter wheat stands: how thin is too thin?
Give your winter wheat crop time to fill in. Assess your stand in May

Is the winter wheat going to be alright?
Patience is key to judging the health of your winter wheat stand this spring

How high can we push sugar beet yields?
Rising yield and quality make sugar beets a sweet success for Alberta beet growers
Sugar beets just keep getting sweeter
Improving sugar beet quality and yield now comes down to small tweaks
These aren’t your father’s sugar beets
Roundup Ready adoption has made for big changes in the sugar beet fields

Sclerotinia a triple threat for Manitoba sunflowers
Minimize chances of sclerotinia infection in your sunflower field next season

The rise of the 777 sunflower rust race
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.