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How do you get the most of a farm show so you feel like the experience was worthwhile? Here's one answer: Select the top 3 booths you want to visit and visit them in the morning when people are still fresh…
January 15, 2020 – Issue 2
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Canola growers should use clubroot-resistant (CR) canola varieties and extend their rotation to canola once every three years. But which CR variety should they use? The list of CR canola……
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The final 2019 Canola Performance Trials small plot and field scale data report is now available on the CPT website at canolaperformancetrials.ca… -
Seed size, given as thousand seed weight (TSW) in grams, will influence the seeding rate required to achieve a target stand. Studies show that seed sizes typical of current seed lots do not have any significant effect on emergence, yield or seed quality… -
Farmers have three good reasons to take chronically unprofitable acres out of annual crop production: (1) Stop spending money on acres that don’t provide a return. (2) Non-farmed spaces can increase yields for cropped acres. (3) Slow the proliferation of weeds and disease… -
Reports of heated canola have trickled through all winter. High moisture seed and dockage, as well as green seed can increase the storage risk for canola. Please check bins. If they are at risk, farmers can take advantage of colder days to aerate or turn the bins by removing a few loads and putting them back on top…
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PAMI has released results from its 2019 canola combine loss survey. Average loss was 1.3 bu./.ac., or 2.8% of total yield for the participating farmers…