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Manitoba farmers have set planting records two years in a row, but this fall’s seeding could far exceed that
Manitoba farmers are getting pretty fond of winter wheat and the head of Winter Cereals Manitoba hopes the romance continues to build. Farmers in the province grew a record 593,906 acres of winter wheat this year (double the 10-year average) and conditions are right for even more to be planted this fall, said Jake Davidson.Dozens of different beneficial species, including beetles, may be in your fields chowing down root maggots and other pests
It’s easy to forget about the beneficial insects in your crops when you are focused on eradicating pests of all kinds. “When you calculate the economic loss from your pest insect, add about 20 per cent to it, and think about the beneficials that are in there,” said Jim Bratch, an entomologist with Alberta AgricultureSome of their work was displayed during the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association’s recent annual tour
Can the same technology that warms up leftover pizza control seed-borne diseases in beans? A University of Guelph master’s student is hoping to find out. Allison Friesen is testing microwaves on seed-borne diseases such as halo blight and common bacterial blight, two diseases that can cut into yields and quality. “She spent the winter with
