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North Dakota development agency has many successes and says even innovative failures can pay dividends
When right-leaning Americans want to make a point about the perils of government involvement in the economy, they often level the accusing finger at socialist Canuckistan. But in North Dakota — which is enjoying an agriculture and oil boom despite serious economic malaise elsewhere in the union — there are two wildly successful “socialist entities.”Growers manage fertility and soil health with less tractor hours by growing perennial forage seed crops
Growing organic forage seed takes a different mindset. Larry Pollock, who has been farming organically since the 1990s on 600 acres north of Brandon, was part of a panel of experienced growers offering insights at a recent workshop hosted by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. He sows 100 to 150 acres of alfalfa underWhether they survive or fail, these early seeding plots will provide some valuable data on seeding dates
Extension agronomist Anastasia Kubinec wasn’t heeding her own advice to farmers the first week of April. She was seeding — but not because she’s banking on pulling in a bin-buster. Rather, she’s betting on a bust. Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives’ oilseed specialist, wants to demonstrate the risks of seeding too early, especially frost-sensitive
