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Did My Neighbour’s Spray Damage My Wheat?

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I was able to help keep the peace between neighbours last June when Dave, who farms 1,500 acres of wheat and canola in Silver Valley, Alta., contacted me about his stressed and dying wheat. “My neighbour sprayed out my wheat,” he told me, “It looks like it’s dying!” Dave thought his field had been victim […] Read more
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23 New Canola Varieties For 2011

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It never ceases to amaze me — each year the seed companies roll out the next big star in their canola lineup. When I receive the new variety listing each year, I always think I’m going to see something ridiculous like 155 per cent of check or something equally amazing. I haven’t seen it yet, […] Read more
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Next For Nexera: Hybrids

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Mark Woloshyn, marketing specialist with Dow AgroSciences, is excited about what January 2011 may bring for Nexera canola growers. “The seed has already been produced. We just need registration and the seed will be there for 2011,” he says. Woloshyn is referring to Dow’s move to hybrid, high omega-9 specialty Nexera canola varieties. Dow has […] Read more
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Revamped Third-Party Canola Trials In The Works

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The cancellation of the Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVTs) in 2010 was disappointing for some, but in reality it was likely a good thing. Farmers undoubtably want third-party, unbiased canola variety information, however the original PCVT protocol left a lot to be desired. The testing protocol was — and is — in dire need of […] Read more
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New Canola Needs A Name

Got any great names to suggest for an early-maturing, higher-yielding Polish canola variety? Central Alberta farmer Bob Mastin is asking growers from across Western Canada to send in any name suggestions they have for ACS-C18, a new Polish variety developed by Agriculture Canada, that he will be marketing this fall. Mastin would like to register […] Read more
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Polish Canola Still Has A Fit

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If it would have helped this year — or any year — to have a decent-yielding, 90-day canola variety that could have been seeded as late as June 1, then keep your eye on a new Polish canola variety which will be available to western Canadian farmers in 2011. Mastin Seeds of Sundre, Alta., ( […] Read more
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Five Steps To Useful Soil Test Results

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If you’re like many this year and have unseeded acres, drowned-out areas, had excessive moisture or yes, even too little rain, soil testing and analysis is even more critical when planning next year’s crop. Excess moisture can cause nitrogen losses through leaching or denitrification, and the amount of mineralization that occurred during the growing season […] Read more
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Getting A Jump On Crop Consulting

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Hendrik Feenstra may be too young to hang out a shingle as a crop consultant, but the southern Alberta teenager certainly knows his lygus bugs from a flea beetle. Feenstra, who is just 13, is the youngest person in Canada, and perhaps North America, to have completed and passed an intensive examination process to become […] Read more
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Keep Aeration Fans Going

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With so much rain this fall, more than a few farmers are likely going turn their combines loose in some tough grain just to get harvest finished. Grain dryers will be logging a lot of overtime to keep up. But the odds are at least some damp grain will have to be put into storage […] Read more
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Crop Advisor’s Casebook – for Oct. 18, 2010

This is the first instalment of the Crop Advisor’s Casebook. Each issue, we’ll present a specific problem a farmer had. We’ll give you all the information you need to determine just what caused the specific problem. Let us know your solution and we’ll send you a hat and a subscription to the magazine (see details […] Read more

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