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Good agronomy urged under uncertain canola market
With tariffs and trade wars looming, Canadian canola growers are urged to eke out every bit of efficiency in their 2025 canola production.
Compost pellets ready for fertilizer trying ground
Kyle Heggie has been spreading a unique blend of compost on his crops for years, and has also used on-farm trials to test the practicality of mid-row banding compost “pellets” into the seed row next to the seed.
Soil tests and salinity
Producers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are asking plenty of questions about how to manage salinity in their soil. Jeff Schoenau, a soil science professor with the University of Saskatchewan, is among those fielding questions, although he says the amount of visible salinity in his province is “normal” for April. “I think probably folks are more[...]
Prepping for the 2024 canola crop
Winter isn’t exactly prime time to scout for insects, diseases and weeds, but last year’s pests may provide a baseline to help prepare for the next canola crop, agronomists say. “Review the challenges you had last year and have a plan in place as to how you’re going to handle them this year,” said Warren[...]
‘Little hammers’ control weeds on organic farm post-harvest
Glacier FarmMedia – Conventional grain farmers have chemical tools to manage weeds post-harvest, but for certified organic producers like Ward Middleton, options are limited. “We don’t really have a sledgehammer-type problem-solving option to control weeds, so we have to use many little hammers,” said Middleton, quoting weed ecologist Eric Gallandt, who coined the phrase at the 2012 Canadian[...]
Clubroot ‘race profiling’ can help boost resistance in canola
Glacier FarmMedia – Racial profiling isn’t a term most people would want to be associated with. When it’s a disease like clubroot, however, it’s different. In the fight against the yield-stealing, soil-borne scourge of canola and other brassica plants, racial profiling is the ability to select varieties that resist not only clubroot in general, but[...]
Strip till: It’s new, it’s tricky and you can’t ask the neighbours for advice
Glacier FarmMedia – Being a pioneer isn’t easy, but sometimes it can pay off. Or at least that’s what John Kolk hopes. Over the past few years, the southern Alberta farmer has been using strip tillage on row crops such as dry beans, corn and soybeans. Although the system hasn’t been a big earner in[...]
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