VIDEO: Crop recovery from lodging after severe weather

Crop Diagnostic School: Heavy weather can knock your crop flat. Question is, can it find a way to stand up again?

By Greg Berg
Online Editor

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Published: July 9, 2015
Cereals, Weather

Southern Manitoba has had its fair share of severe weather in the past few weeks. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have laid down large patches of some crops that had advanced very well in their growth up to that point. Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereal crops specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about what producers can expect from their crops if lodging has occurred and what chance it has of getting back up again.

About the author

Greg Berg

Online Editor

Born and bred in Saskatchewan, I help manage and create online content for Glacier FarmMedia. Man of various talents and interests, often of a mechanical nature. #unapologeticRiderFan

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