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Tips For Analyzing Your Canola Crop’s Fertilizer Needs

By Canola Council Of Canada April 21, 2011

Canola fertility needs have never been higher. And with current field conditions, soil fertility levels have never been so uncertain. The following tips will help growers find solutions to meet the nutritional demands of their high-yielding genetics. Canola growers last year could be divided into three camps: wet fields, dry fields or high yields. No

Cereals, Crops

U.S. Farmers To Sow Idle Acres, Yields In Doubt

By Michael Hirtzer April 7, 2011

For the past five years, Nebraska farmer Brandon Hunnicutt has carefully avoided a small, soggy seven-acre plot of land in the middle of his farm, fearing the poor soil will be more trouble than it’s worth. This year, however, Hunnicutt – and thousands of others across the Midwest – will rush to cash in on

Crops, Oilseeds, Pulses

Sowing Soybeans — Air Drill Versus Planter

By Allan Dawson April 7, 2011

Seeding soybeans last year with a planter instead of an air drill resulted in slightly higher yields, but with a lot less seed, a study commissioned by the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association found. “Use 15 per cent less seed and get another two-bushel (an acre) yield advantage you’re in pretty compelling territory to say, ‘I

Cereals, Crops, News

Calling All Wannabe Wheat Breeders

March 31, 2011

If you’ve ever had a hankering to develop your own wheat variety, the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have a deal for you. Researchers have created a participatory wheat-breeding program that allows farmers to take early crosses and then make the genetic selections on their farms, based on their management practices and

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Council Reminds To Test For Triffid

March 31, 2011

The Flax Council of Canada is encouraging growers to ensure that all planting seed has been tested for the presence of Triffid prior to seeding. “Continued testing at all levels of the value chain is essential to reduce the frequency and severity of Triffid events found in the Canadian flax crop to the point where

News

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

By Carey Gillam March 17, 2011

For decades, U.S. farmers have helped feed the world by sowing some of the most versatile cropland, adjusting each year to grow a bit more of this and less of that, to replenish those crops in greatest shortage. This year, however, even with farmers planting nearly every acre of arable land, it will not be

Cereals, Crops

Committee Approves 14 New Varieties

By Laura Rance-Unger March 3, 2011

The federal decision in 2009 to axe kernel visual distinguishability as a requirement for registering wheat varieties in Canada prompted lots of frowns among grain handlers and farmers. But at least one plant breeder is smiling. Anita Brlé-Babel, a winter wheat breeder from the University of Manitoba, received approval from the Prairie Wheat, Rye and

Cereals, Crops, News

Signs Of Trouble In Snow For Russia’s New Crop

By Melissa Akin March 3, 2011

Conditions for Russia’s coming harvest are not as favourable as thought, industry observers said Feb. 26, citing evidence of patchy snow cover and potential lack of supplies for spring sowing. “It doesn’t look as optimistic as it might,” president and chief executive of Russia’s SovEcon think-tank Andrei Sizov told a conference in Altai, a key

Cereals, Crops

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

By Daniel Winters February 17, 2011

New research shows cover crops can help mop up excess soil moisture, says Ranjan Sri Ranjan, an irrigation, drainage, and water management expert. The University of Manitoba professor wants to better understand the movements of water, both frozen and unfrozen, in the root zone. To do that, he used finger-sized probes to measure moisture and

Crops, Forages

No-Tillers Tap Benefits Of Underground Livestock

By Daniel Winters February 17, 2011

North Dakota grain farmer Glenn Bauer is reaping the benefits of “livestock” in his operation – but you’d need a microscope to see most of them. “We don’t have any cows, but we’ve got a lot of livestock that we try to feed below the surface,” Bauer said during a panel presentation on no-till soil

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Tag Archives Agronomy

Tips For Analyzing Your Canola Crop’s Fertilizer Needs

U.S. Farmers To Sow Idle Acres, Yields In Doubt

Sowing Soybeans — Air Drill Versus Planter

Calling All Wannabe Wheat Breeders

Flax Council Reminds To Test For Triffid

As Land Runs Out, U.S. Corn Yield Growth Must Quicken

Committee Approves 14 New Varieties

Signs Of Trouble In Snow For Russia’s New Crop

Cover Crops Help Manage Moisture, Says Researcher

No-Tillers Tap Benefits Of Underground Livestock

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