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Wide Rows Maintain Yield, Decrease Costs

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Ever since no-till prod uction methods started gaining popularity, growers have been stretching seed row spacing because of the advantages offered by wider widths. Today, farmers are seeding at nearly double the old seven-inch standard compared to a couple of decades ago. But are they risking reduced yields due to a low level of seedbed […] Read more
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A Wide Row Spacing Checklist

For farmers ready to try a 14-inch row spacing when seeding cereal crops, Guy Lafond, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has a checklist for them in order to take advantage of the benefits it offers: 1) Ensure adequate plant populations per square metre are maintained. Yields will fall off with lower numbers. […] Read more
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A List Of Spring Burn-Off Options

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Farmers know it and the research shows it — timely removal of competing weeds has a profound effect on crop competitiveness and yield potential. We’ve all likely experienced when spring burn-off is less than acceptable, either because of uncooperative weather or poor control that leaves more advanced weeds to choke out the crop. To add […] Read more
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Five Ways To Prevent Herbicide Resistance

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TOP FIVE No one likes to think about resistance. It’s all too easy to stick your head in the sand and believe it’s someone else’s problem. But the truth of the matter is that herbicide resistance is a fact of life that will likely impact every one of us at some stage in our farming […] Read more
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Are Crop Enhancement Products Worth The Cost?

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At least some western Canadian farmers are viewing an ever-increasing buffet of micronutrient blends, foliar sprays and other soil and plant enhancement products with some caution, if not skepticism. Several producers contacted at random for thoughts on new crop production aids for this issue of Farmer Panel say either they haven’t tried them, or are […] Read more
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Contans Cleans Up Sclerotinia

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Sclerotinia, that nasty fungus that can cause as much as 50 per cent yield loss in a tough year, poses a particular problem for many farmers. Not only is it found across the Prairies, several common crops are susceptible making crop rotations nearly useless for control. Capable of knocking back canola, dry bean, lentil, soybean, […] Read more
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Upgrade Your Lentils: A Worksheet

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Last year was noted for its moisture, and our crops sure look like it. Our last field of red lentils was planted in early June, which was later than it should have been seeded. I don’t know if you noticed it, but it just kept raining and we couldn’t seem to get them in the […] Read more
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Ode To John Harapiak

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An icon in soil fertility work in Western Canada has been lost with the passing of John T. Harapiak of Calgary, best known for his many years at Westco Fertilizers. John spent his early years at Cowan, Man., and after high school spent a few years on the railroad and then entered the College of […] Read more
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Getting To The Bottom Of Yellowed Barley

Edward farms 14,000 acres of wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas east of Vulcan, Alta. I was surprised to hear from Edward a week after I had visited his farm — his crops looked great at the time. He said he was very concerned about his barley field. In the past week, almost every plant […] Read more
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Crop Advisor’s Solution – for Feb. 28, 2011

Steve, a producer who farms 2,000 acres of wheat and canola near Spirit River, Alta., had some real trouble in one of his canola fields. After hearing the symptoms, I felt confident we weren’t dealing with just one issue, but a number of different factors causing the damage. Early last June, Steve called me after […] Read more

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