Nitrogen ramps are a tool to help farmers hone their fertilizer rate for the best, most cost-efficient winter wheat or fall rye crop.
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Ramp up your nitrogen efficiency in winter cereals
Nitrogen ramps are a tool to help farmers hone fertilizer rates for the best, most efficient winter cereal crop
How farmers can tell if their winter wheat survived the cold
Green leaves are great to see, but that’s likely last year’s growth
The green leaves of a winter wheat field may look encouraging to an untrained eye, but it’s not always the best measure of how well your cereal crop has survived the winter. So, how can you assess your winter wheat or fall rye to give you peace of mind that the crop will grow once […] Read more
Tips for planting a successful fall crop
Seed expert says farmers who start planning early and have everything ready to go at seeding will have a smoother time
Growing crops that overwinter, such as a fall hybrid rye or winter wheat, is a different way of farming in some ways than a spring crop, so producers need to be aware of that, Greg Stamp says.
Early-spring-seeded winter cereals can bring more, better forage
The practice does have some risks — but maybe not the ones you think
Glacier FarmMedia — Seeding winter cereals “ultra-early” in the spring can hedge against drought by offering an alternative feed source, according to Alberta research results. The project’s origins can be traced to the extremely dry year of 2021, which left many producers in the province’s eastern Lakeland region in need of feed and water resources. […] Read more
Prepare your ranch and business plan for bouts with drought
A Little Bit Western: There are ways to extend feed and water — but do so with caution and monitoring
In late summer I was invited to the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon to share my perspective on navigating drought. I would prefer covering a more cheerful topic, but as a fourth-generation Palliser Triangle dweller who resides on a ranch abandoned not once but twice by its former occupants, I’ll admit I’ve got experience […] Read more
Russia’s Kursk region declares emergency due to winter grain crop failure
Russia's Kursk region has introduced emergency measures due to a drought which killed winter grain crops, the local government said on Thursday.
Conditions ripe for winter cereal wreck
Snow cover decline, temperature flux, pooling, freezing all potential problems
Glacier FarmMedia — Minimal snow cover, frigid temperatures in mid-January and above-average temperatures after that may have set the stage for winterkill in winter crops. The risk is high enough to cause concern among crop specialists. “The eastern Prairies are in a little bit better shape than (Saskatchewan and Alberta) but there’s huge swaths that […] Read more
Improved varieties on the ground and in the pipeline
AAC Coldfront fires on all cylinders — it’s high yielding, has high quality, good standability and improved winter hardiness
Rob Graf wrapped up his career as a plant breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on a high note this summer as he introduced another new top-performing winter wheat variety that appears to have a great fit in all crop regions across Western Canada. At a field day on Stamp Seeds’ farm at Enchant, north […] Read more
Crop rotation built around winter cereals
For more than 30 years fall-seeded crops have been a key part of this Peace River region farm business plan
Growing winter cereals is anything but an afterthought on the Meyer farm in the central Alberta Peace River region. For the past 30 years, the family farm at Woking, which is about 45 minutes north of Grande Prairie, has included winter cereals in the rotation, and particularly over the past 10 years, winter crops have […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Clearer picture of coming crop means lower prices
MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat have been trending lower recently, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. While there has been some harvest pressure, Motz said “it’s more of an equalization of the crops. “We got through the crunch of July not knowing exactly where things were at. As […] Read more
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