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Aphanomyces is not currently widespread in Manitoba, but pea growers do need to be concerned about it in the long term.
Crops, Features, Pulses

Two diseases to watch for in peas

Ascochyta blight and aphanomyces root rot occur in dry years as well as wet


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If you’re growing peas for the first time this year, of if you haven’t grown them in a while, you’ll want to watch for these two diseases in your fields: ascochyta blight and aphanomyces root rot. The disease that is perhaps most concerning, most visible and most likely to cause yield loss is ascochyta, or […] Read more
Chaff decks attached to the back of the combine direct weeds into confined rows, which will either compost in the pile or compete for water and nutrients with other weeds in the spring. 

Crops, Equipment, Features

Australian chaff decks show promise

From Down Under: a chemical-free tool to help manage post-harvest weeds

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A new weed management tool that’s taking Australia by storm could be a good fit for Canadian farmers as well. Chaff lining, or the practice of concentrating the weed seed-bearing chaff material in confined rows behind the harvester, has helped Australian farmers to better control weeds. While it’s too early to tell if the system […] Read more
In certain rows, Cory’s lentil plants were stunted and the leaves of those plants were turning yellow and shriveling. Some plants in the affected rows were already dead.
Crops, Features, Pulses

Crop advisor casebook: Why are rows of these lentils yellowing and stunted?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 23, 2019 issue of Grainews

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Cory owns a 4,000-acre grain farm near Cupar, Sask. His crop rotation consists of lentils, wheat, durum and canola. It was around the middle of June when I received a call from Cory, who was concerned about his lentil crop after he noticed that in certain rows the plants were stunted and the leaves of […] Read more
The Rimmer family moved from Britain to Canada in 2009. They enjoy spending time together as a family.
Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: David and Sharon Rimmer

After relocating from Britain, the Rimmers have found a new family home in Manitoba

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Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more […] Read more
Volunteer canola is increasing its presence in recent weed surveys.
Crops, Features

Managing Saskatchewan’s toughest weeds

You’ve seen these weeds before, and you’ll probably see them again


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No matter which crops Saskatchewan farmers grow, the same weeds appear year after year. While the culprits are consistent, how you manage them is not, especially as herbicide resistance cases mount. For nearly 50 years, Canada thistle, wild oats, wild buckwheat and green foxtail have appeared in the top-five list of problematic weeds in Saskatchewan. […] Read more
Some researchers have found that the land equivalent ratio is greater with crops grown together than with crops grown individually.
Crops, Features

The science behind intercropping

When plants can share nutrients, they can yield higher together than separately

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Just as the adoption of no-till agriculture on the Prairies several decades ago was farmer-driven, the current shift to ecological (sometimes called regenerative) agricultural practices is no different, says Dr. Martin Entz of the University of Manitoba. “In this fascinating carbon world, we’re now moving beyond just crop rotation and beyond just grazing management all […] Read more
This leaf yellowing was not uniformly distributed throughout the field, but a large proportion of the field had been affected.
Barley, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Is a local lack of moisture injuring this barley?

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the April 9, 2019 issue of Grainews

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John contacted me in late May last year about his barley crop. The plants were coming up yellow in patches across the field. John farms about 2,800 acres near Whitewood, Sask., where he grows wheat, barley, canola and soybeans. It had been a dry spring and John thought environmental stress due to lack of moisture had caused the plant injury. […] Read more
Barley growers impressed with VRT results
Barley, Crops, Features

Barley growers impressed with VRT results

Crops hit yield and quality expectations, and bring an easier harvest

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Data collected by Decisive Farming from several farms across Western Canada in a program using variable-rate technology (VRT) to produce malting barley crops in 2018 showed considerable production gains over industry averages. Data collected from 17 farms, involving about 9,300 acres of malt barley crops showed on acres seeded with both variable-rate seeding and fertilizer technology an average yield of 85 bushels per acre, […] Read more
Should you spray twice for fusarium?
Cereals, Crops, Features

Should you spray twice for fusarium?

In a fusarium-filled field, are more applications better?

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During a February 28 BASF’s “Protect Your Profits” fusarium webinar, a farmer who was watching asked whether, if you had a fusarium-prone field, it would be a good idea to plan to spray a fungicide twice to control fusarium. Dr. Michael Harding, plant pathology research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, fielded the question. Harding […] Read more
The “Spornado” collects windborne disease spores such as fusarium head blight and sclerotinia in the field, to provide farmers with a heads up on potential problems.
Crops, Features

Spornado could give heads up on disease

Collecting airborne disease spores could offer growers an early warning

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An Alberta seed testing company has crop disease monitoring technology in the works that could provide some of the answers as suggested in the old Bob Dylan song about what’s “Blowin’ in The Wind.” 20/20 Seed Labs, based in Nisku, just south of Edmonton, is continuing its field testing in 2019 using fairly simple-looking equipment to collect the windborne disease spores such […] Read more

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