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March 12, 2019 |
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As part of its grain grading modernization initiative, the Canadian Grain Commission is inviting grain sector stakeholders to provide input on whether falling number and deoxynivalenol should become official grain grading factors. Stakeholders have until May 10, 2019, to provide input.
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Last week, Winnipeg-based Richardson International Ltd., said China had revoked its permit to export canola, saying it has found “harmful organisms” in the product, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has not identified anything of concern.
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Derek Axten presented the practices he’s experimented with on his farm to improve soil health, such as intercropping, at the 2019 Soil Management and Sustainability Summit. In our second Speaker Spotlight video, Axten shares what practices he would recommend and advice for starting something new.
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Increasing corn yields isn’t just about planting more plants or growing more kernels per ear of corn. It’s also about making sure each kernel of corn is the biggest it can be. In addition to hybrid selection, agronomy professor Dr. Tony Vyn also recommends focusing on an incremental approach to the integrated management of nutrients and tillage to achieve bigger kernels of corn.
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Intercropping is increasingly practiced by producers in Western Canada, but the industry is still catching up in terms of agronomic resources and research. Recent trials looking into chickpea-flax intercrops have shown flax seeding rate has had the biggest impact of the studied practices and that an intercrop provides an opportunity for producers who hadn’t considered planting chickpea.
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