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Some farmers already seeding in southern Alberta

By GFM Network News April 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Some farmers in southern Alberta are seeding earlier than normal this spring, thanks to some recent warmer weather. “Some guys are just starting to turn a wheel in southern Alberta,” Harry Brook, crop specialist with Alberta’s provincial Ag-Info Centre in Stettler, said Thursday. Soil temperatures are still not very warm, so more […] Read more

Crops, Winter Wheat

Don’t rush to diagnose winter kill

Despite this winter’s weather, you may not need to reseed that winter wheat after all

By Lisa Guenther March 26, 2015

Winter wheat growers concerned about winter kill should wait and see how the plants fare this spring before reseeding, says an agrologist. “Don’t make a rash decision especially when you’ve got the rest of your farm to go seed,” says Paul Thoroughgood, who works for Ducks Unlimited and farms south of Moose Jaw. Farmers should give […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Prairie farmers eye early start to seeding

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News March 23, 2015

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Western Canadian farmers, some of whom could not plant crops last year due to soggy soil, may be able to get a head-start on sowing their fields this spring. Canada is the world’s biggest canola exporter and the second largest wheat exporter, but its flat western provinces — Manitoba, Saskatchewan and […] Read more

Features, Peas

Up seed rate to add pea yield

Prairie researchers looks at the costs and benefits of combinations  of four pea input treatments. Try their results on your farm

By Melanie Epp March 20, 2015

While individual aspects of field pea production have been researched, combined agronomic factors have not been evaluated simultaneously before. Led by Laryssa Grenkow, research manager at Western Applied Research Corporation, a team of researchers, including Eric Johnson, Anne Kirk, Stewart Brandt, Sherrilyn Phelps, Chris Holzapfel and Bryan Nybo, determined which agronomic practices contribute most to […] Read more

Features, Lentils, Peas

Minimizing the impact of Aphanomyces

There are no in-crop solutions to root rot in peas and lentils. But there  are ways to minimize your risk of losing yield to Aphanomyces

By Melanie Epp March 13, 2015

Given the wet springs and dry summers we’ve seen in recent years, Aphanomyces euteiches — Aphanomyces root rot — has become a real problem for pea and lentil growers. First confirmed in Saskatchewan in 2012 and then in Alberta in 2013, the disease has been slowly creeping across the country, destroying crops in its wake. Making […] Read more

Canola, Crops

When you have to broadcast seed canola

Broadcasting seeding is always a last resort for canola growers. But if you have to do it, here are some suggestions to increase your odds of getting decent yields

By Melanie Epp March 12, 2015

Typically, broadcast seeding in canola is considered questionable at best. But it comes to mind when weather causes delays. “Broadcast seeding is acceptable as a last resort late in the seeding season under wet conditions,” says Murray Hartman, oilseed specialist with Alberta Agriculture. “Wet soil can plug up openers and packer wheels, and the seedbed […] Read more

Murray Hartman, Alberta Agriculture oilseed specialist, talks to farmers at a Lethbridge field day about proper practices for producing canola.

Crops, Features

Many hazards to seed survival

Want to increase your seed survival rates? Find out what these experts say

By Lee Hart March 12, 2015

Like most things in life, there is no simple answer to what causes seed not to germinate or the seedling to die before it gets out of the ground. Alberta’s AgTech Centre in Lethbridge has been looking at mechanical factors such as seed placement, seeding depth and seeding speed as likely suspects playing a role […] Read more

Canola

Seeding canola with planters

Two Westlock, Alberta farmers had a good harvest and saved costs after  seeding their canola with a corn planter last spring

By Marianne Stamm March 6, 2015

In 2014, two Westlock, Alberta, farmers cut their canola seed costs by $40 per acre by seeding with corn planters. They saw no yield loss. Is this the new way to go? At a Westlock seminar last winter, agronomist Geoff Doell of GROWTH Agrinomics Inc. told farmers that seeding canola using a precision vacuum corn […] Read more

It’s a lot of tedious work to looking into seed survival by digging into a seed row after seeding to count seeds, measuring spacing between seeds and confirming seed depth.

Canola

Seed survival still stumps

Seed killer still at large. Several suspects behind high mortality, but no arrests

By Lee Hart March 6, 2015

What’s killing those canola seeds before a seedling can get out of the ground? That could very well be a 64 million or perhaps billion dollar answer for Prairie farmers looking at seed priced at about $10 per pound and anywhere from a 20 to 50 per cent seed mortality rate. But you can’t necessarily […] Read more

Canola, Columns

What’s the word on the street

Home from his trip to Farm Tech in Edmonton, Brian Wittal shares his insights  from the conference hallways and his forecast for 2015 seeded canola acres 

By Brian Wittal March 5, 2015

Having just returned from the FarmTech conference in Edmonton I thought it would be a good time to pass on to you some of my insights from the sessions and networking over the three days. After taking in three different grain market outlook sessions I came away with a broad range of information from three […] Read more

GFM Network News

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