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Rules To Grow Midge-Tolerant Wheat

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— TODD HYRA “We estimate use of a resistant variety will prevent $36 per acre of damage.” Midge tolerance is probably the most exciting technology advancement in wheat in the past 50 years,” says Todd Hyra, the western Canadian business manager for SeCan. Hyra is part of the Midge Tolerant Wheat Stewardship team, a group […] Read more
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Mastin Method Lowers Seed Cost

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Bob Mastin is banking his seed business on volume. The west-central Alberta seed grower doesn’t have distribution rights to a lot of varieties, but he believes he has good ones. And by doing all he can to reduce costs, he’s hoping more producers will buy more certified seed for high yielding oats and barley varieties […] Read more
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U. K. Farm Lays Plow To Rest

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There’s a lot to be said for traditional plow and power harrow/seeder based cultivations systems. It remains an almost weather-proof process and, as a result of the plow, gives perhaps the cleanest seedbeds possible since the U. K. banning of stubble burning. Yet it’s also a system that can carry high time and cost penalties […] Read more
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A University of Manitoba study found that Red Berry maintains its quality in storage better than Robin and certainly better than Impact

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Regardless of how great red lentils look going into the bin, moisture migration problems will show up during processing and cooking. What’s more, the variety you grow may stack the deck against you. Stefan Cenkowski, a professor with the University of Manitoba’s biosystems engineering department, presented his findings on post-harvest quality management of red lentils […] Read more
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A Pitch For Liquid Fertilizer

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Why should farmers make the switch to liquid fertilizer? One farmer at a workshop in Westlock, Alta., remarked: “Anhydrous is still the cheapest source of nitrogen, and they deliver it to my field.” Why should he change his practices? Growers got answers to this question and many more at a workshop hosted by Little Anchor […] Read more
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What Fertilizer Form Is Best?

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In his Editor’s Blog of January 6, 2010, Jay Whetter posted the following few excerpts from a workshop on liquid fertilizer held in Westlock, Alta., on November 24, 2009. These points came from a first draft of my article “A pitch for liquid fertilizer” in this issue: With dry fertilizer it is difficult to get […] Read more
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11 Tips For Max Pulse Returns

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Barry Rapp, agronomy and seed manager with Crop Production Services (CPS), works with pea, lentil and chickpea growers in the Regina area. He provided these 11 “management practices to maximize returns” at the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers meeting at Crop Week in Saskatoon in January. 1. Use pre-harvest glyphosate the fall before planting pulses. This provides […] Read more
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No Credits Yet For Prairie Trees

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One of the most effective ways of reducing greenhouse gasses is to plant trees. Through photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. It is for this reason forests are often referred to as the lungs of the world. As well, trees sequester carbon both in the wood and in the soil. As a […] Read more
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Introducing a new crop into a rotation begins with research, planning, and testing to make sure it not only makes economic sense, but “feels” right, too

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Being able to grow a new crop is one thing, being able to market it is another. Those are probably the two most important points producers need to remember when looking at “new crop” options, say two western Canadian crop production specialists. A new crop is one of two things. It could be a brand […] Read more

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