Deciding on cover crop blends

Deciding on cover crop blends

Figuring out what to use in a cover crop blend can be an intimidating process. What species to use? What seeding rate? When should they be seeded? All would influence how the blend would look, work, and the success of it. There is some science involved, but making it work is as much art as

The project may look simple from above ground, but underground many sensors and scales take complex soil measures.

Soil health sensor project largest in North America

A new $2-million soil health research project aims to figure out the impact of different cropping systems on the environment. Research will also be conducted on crop productivity relating to soil health. The result should be new knowledge on productivity of traditional cropping systems versus those with cover crops. The project, at the new Soil


Ryan Boyd has been experimenting with cover crops and further integrating cattle into the cropping system on his farm just east of Forrest for the past four years.

Ongoing innovation unlocks biological potential of Brandon-area farm

Brandon-area farmer Ryan Boyd says adopting cutting-edge biological 
techniques have made a real difference on his family’s farm

Ryan Boyd knows his family farm doesn’t look like others in the area. Located just east of Forrest, Man., he’s become an early adopter of a number of innovative farming techniques at SG&R Farms, a 2,000-acre grain and 300-head cow-calf operation. He operates it along with his wife Sarah and his parents. A decade ago

tillage radish cover crop

Expecting an early cereal harvest? Try growing a cover crop

A nitrogen boost is just one of many benefits of adding cover crops to the rotation

In many parts of Manitoba spring cereals were seeded early this year, and harvest may occur directly after winter wheat harvest. An early harvest means that there may still be two months of warm weather between harvest and freeze-up — warmth that could be used to grow a late-season cover crop. Cover crops are known