VIDEO: Crop recovery from lodging after severe weather

Crop Diagnostic School: Heavy weather can knock your crop flat. Question is, can it find a way to stand up again?

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Published: July 9, 2015

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Southern Manitoba has had its fair share of severe weather in the past few weeks. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have laid down large patches of some crops that had advanced very well in their growth up to that point. Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereal crops specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about what producers can expect from their crops if lodging has occurred and what chance it has of getting back up again.

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Greg Berg

Greg Berg

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Greg Berg was born and raised in the potash capital of the world of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Greg helped out on the family homestead farm near Stockholm, Sask., for a number of years in his youth. Greg graduated from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 2011 and joined Glacier FarmMedia in 2014. He specializes in video production and is a songwriter in his spare time.

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