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Winter barley isn’t a new crop in Ontario, but it is gaining in popularity. Thanks to maturing earlier than winter wheat, it offers the ability to double-crop soybeans in areas with a longer season.
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Eroded knolls are common in Ontario agriculture and cost farmers in lost productivity each season. Understanding how they’ve formed, how they differ, and how they can be remediated are important steps in managing them.
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Proline GOLD, a new fungicide for canola launched last week, provides protection against high sclerotinia pressure using a multi-mode of action approach with systemic and contact protection.
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza are symbiotic relationships between plant roots and fungi. A 2018 study published by researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current Research Station in Saskatchewan examined interactions between these fungal communities and durum wheat genotypes. According to Walid Ellouz, one of the researchers, plant-soil microbial interactions have the potential to ultimately increase the value of Canadian wheat.
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Nitrogen fertilizer is a costly input for crop production, and canola is a heavy nutrient user, so nutrient management is especially important for canola growers. Precision farming presents a possible solution by getting nutrients where they’re needed and avoiding waste, but how much more efficient is variable rate management? Alan Moulin with AAFC in Brandon, Man., ran a four-year study to test exactly that.
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Almost $240,000 in funding will enhance soil protection and support precision agriculture technology research in Ontario.
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Eight Canadian food and agtech companies were announced as finalists for the Nutrien-Radicle Challenge.
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The Ontario government will invest more than $6.5 million in 20 agriculture projects across northern Ontario.
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