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Editor's Note 
 
In growing (and life), it's all about balance – and tillage is the perfect example. This month's feature looks at how to strike the balance to reap the benefits of tillage with fewer setbacks.
- Bree Rody, editor
 
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A new kind of cover crop to help break pest and disease cycles

Sorghum Sudan grass is growing in popularity when it comes to preventing disease build-up by rotating other crops through the fields where cash crops like potatoes are grown.


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Agriculture in the Classroom: Brightening the Future of Ag

Agriculture in the Classroom: Brightening the Future of Ag


Worker fatality results in $125K fine for commercial farm

A commercial farm and vegetable washing, grading and packaging facility in Bradford, Ont., pleaded guilty to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act pertaining to a 2022 fatality.


Ag in brief: $1.8M for farm worker mental health

The grant will provide enhanced access to mental health supports in English and French, as well as Spanish and Tagalog.


 
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Podcast: Growing season reflections

Is it possible for anomalies to be the “new normal?” That might be something for growers to get used to – that’s at least according to early growing season reflections across Canada. United Potato Growers of Canada GM Victoria Stamper and Manitoba plant pathologist Vikram Bisht discuss the new reality of climate variability and some of the big “wins” of the growing seasons, along with challenges and pests to watch for.

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Achieving the right balance with residue tillage

Tillage, in some respects, is a double-edged sword. Increased tillage can help reduce soil diseases, but too much can also increase weeds and degrade soil quality making it more prone to erosion or reducing crop yields. The trick is for producers to find the right balance. Now, Canadian researchers are on their way to finding more answers than ever to help find farmers that balance. » Read More...
 
 
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