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The guide is meant to be a comprehensive resource on forage agronomy and has information on establishment, fertility, weed management and weather stress for many species grown as forage in Ontario.
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The document will serve as a tool to communicate and link market signals with industry opportunities and research goals and objectives, while still recognizing the importance of regional differences.
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Farm Credit Canada asks: is the labour shortage here to stay? Access to labour is a major concern in agriculture and agri-food processing, and labour demand is not matched by supply.
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Pulse crops have made waves in Western Canada in recent years, and for good reason – they’re high in protein and pull their weight in a rotation by fixing nitrogen. Like any crop, there are agronomic challenges, but there’s growing potential.
In this episode, Robyne Davidson, pulse crop specialist and research scientist at Lakeland College, shares agronomic insights about how well pulse crops performed in the province this season, and gives updates on the research pipeline.
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The definition of insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That would be the case with saline patches in a field if annual cropping practices keep pouring on the inputs in the hope of a net return from these unproductive areas. However, there aren’t any easy fixes to salinity with soil amendments. One recommendation: stop spending crop inputs on those areas.
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Sclerotinia stem rot, also called white mould, is the number one yield robber of canola in Canada. The disease is tough to control, in part because it overwinters as sclerotia in the soil, where it can stay viable for a decade or more. Growers rely on a few partially resistant cultivars in combination with fungicide applications and crop rotation to control the disease. But to date, fully resistant cultivars remain elusive.
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