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Taller children through better crop rotation

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 16, 2013

Researchers at Michigan State University crop rotation with legumes and other soil-management practices have increased Malawian crop yields by 50 to 200 per cent compared to monoculture. Trials at one village have been so successful that children have gained weight and height to the point where they now meet international norms for healthy children. MSU

Cereals, Crops, News

2012 Manitoba barley yields highly variable

By Allan Dawson February 28, 2013

Farmers in the Red River Valley harvested a bumper crop,  but it was the exception.  Overall yields were below average.

Manitoba’s 2012 barley crop averaged 54 bushels an acre — 14 bushels higher than in 2011, but almost nine per cent lower than the 10-year average of 59, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) data shows. The provincial average yield doesn’t tell the whole story. Many Red River Valley farmers harvested a bumper crop of barley

Cereals, Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Final Manitoba crop report for 2012

October 17, 2012

Provincial summary In Manitoba, the majority of acres have been harvested. The remaining crops to be harvested are mainly sunflowers and grain corn, with a few acres of soybeans, potatoes and alfalfa seed. Crop yields in Manitoba were variable in 2012, largely dependent upon the amount and timing of precipitation during the growing season, temperatures

Crops, News

Good data is the antidote to hype

By Allan Dawson June 5, 2012

Magnetized seed, cheese whey, aspirin and diesel exhaust are among some crop-enhancing treatments farmers have been urged to buy over the years. A lot more are certain to appear when companies don’t have to prove their fertilizers work to get them registered, predicts Don Flaten, a professor of soil science at the University of Manitoba.

Cereals, Crops

My Dad’s Crop Records –A Gold Mine For Understanding Crop Yields

By Gary Martens March 17, 2011

In preparation for my Principles of Crop Production class on what limits our crop yields, I listed two major limitations, climate and soils with some other factors like pests also having an influence. When I looked at my notes there was a lot of general information about the climate on the Prairies but I wondered

Crops, Livestock

Experts Pinpoint Rice Gene That Controls Yield

By Tan Ee Lyn May 27, 2010

Researchers in Japan and China have identified in separate studies a gene in rice that appears to control grain yield, they reported May 25. Some experts say crop yields need to double by 2050 to feed the world’s growing population and enhancing crop production is viewed as an important solution. Led by Motoyuki Ashikari at

Cereals, Crops, News

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November 12, 2009

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Taller children through better crop rotation

2012 Manitoba barley yields highly variable

Final Manitoba crop report for 2012

Good data is the antidote to hype

My Dad’s Crop Records –A Gold Mine For Understanding Crop Yields

Experts Pinpoint Rice Gene That Controls Yield

SEED/FEED MISCELLANEOUS Feed Grain

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