Drones are a tool that can help farmers with cover crop planting in still-growing corn and soybeans.
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Drones jumpstart cover crop planting
The first of a three-year project has found more biomass from earlier drone broadcasting of seed
Soil tests seek a non-chemical attraction
Researchers hope to hone in on biological soil testing when it comes to inoculating legumes
Manitoba expat Barney Geddes, an assistant professor with the microbiological sciences program at North Dakota State University, likes to tell health care researchers how important the development of nitrogen fertilizer was. In terms of human lives saved, it’s had a greater impact than all innovations produced by medical science put together. “It’s sort of entertaining,”
Lupin variety shows promise
Could be used for livestock feed, human consumption
James Frey of the Parklands Crop Diversification Foundation points at a stand of low-growing plants in a test plot south of Roblin. It’s a legume with potential as a feed crop for humans and livestock. “This is a variety called the blue lupin,” he said. “It falls out on the same lines with faba beans,
Looking for legumes
Experts are pitching pasture seeded with legumes as one strategy to limit drought impact, but there are a few things to keep in mind
Producers looking to buffer against feed issues may want to add some legumes in their pasture mix. The concept has been highlighted more than once this seminar season as speakers ponder how to “drought-proof” Manitoba’s feed supply in light of two years of dry temperatures and a significantly short forage harvest in 2018. Bruce Anderson
‘Drought proof’ your pasture with legumes
Experts are pitching pasture seeded with legumes as one strategy to limit drought impact, but there are a few things to keep in mind
Producers looking to buffer against feed issues may want to add some legumes in their pasture mix. The concept has been highlighted more than once this seminar season as speakers ponder how to “drought-proof” Manitoba’s feed supply in light of two years of dry temperatures and a significantly short forage harvest in 2018. Why it
Mixing and matching intercrops with WADO
Results are in on last year's Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization’s intercrop trials
Dry conditions and roving deer added extra challenge to intercropping in southwest Manitoba, but Melita’s Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) still gleaned results this past season. Intercropping, also known as companion cropping, is an emerging practice in general. Farmers are drawn to it for potential overyielding, disease or weed management or increased water use in
Comment: A path forward for pulses
Governments must be cautious about what signals they’re sending the market and aware of unintended consequences
India and Canada are the two global superpowers of the pulse world. India is the world’s largest producer and the largest consumer of pulses. Canada is the world’s largest exporter of pulses. India’s growing population, strong economic growth, and inevitable variability in production and harvest quality (weather dependent) all point towards the need for a
Pea processing attracting wide interest
The Prairies has become a hotbed for ingredient manufacturing based on the crop
The French company Roquette may have kicked off the pea party when it announced a protein-processing facility at Portage la Prairie earlier this year — but it’s no longer the only guest. In September Academy Award-winning film director James Cameron announced he would be investing in a new multimillion-dollar pea-processing plant in Vanscoy, Sask. As
Manitoba project aids Zimbabwean food security
Hemp Genetics International thinks Canadian and Zimbabwean farmers can learn from each other
If you had four children, but only enough food to feed one, how would you choose? It’s a choice Vurayayi Pugeni’s mother had to make when he was growing up in Zimbabwe. Fortunately it’s not one mothers today in Pugeni’s village have to make because they enjoy food security, thanks in part to a research
Choosing the right inoculant strategy
After some disappointing results this season, one pulse crop specialist says it’s time to take a hard look at these practices
Manitoba Agriculture pulse crop specialist Dennis Lange says it’s a good time to think about just what’s the right approach regarding inoculants for pulses. “This year I’ve had a few calls on peas and soybeans from western Manitoba where they are finding very poor nodulation,” Lange told the Co-operator in a recent interview. He says
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