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Wishing you a very merry Christmas or happy holidays! Keep an eye on the Top Crop Manager website for news updates over the holidays, and give our digital editions a flip-through if you're looking for some agronomic tips to take into the new year.
- Alex Barnard, Eastern editor
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Unsettled weather and highly variable planting progress dominated the spring of 2024. Also, the 2024 Ontario Corn Committee hybrid performance trials are now available.
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Tar spot is not a new disease, but its rapid spread is cause for alarm in Ontario and the Midwest. Three experts explore the intricacies of this complex disease.
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This year’s growing season in Canada was a real roller coaster. Farmers had to come to grips with the lower prices the 2023/24 marketing year brought along while facing challenging weather.
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The six-year program will explore a variety of topics, including development and adoption of effective weed control strategies, as well as cultural methods to reduce the impact of weeds in pulses.
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The very first cold-tolerant corn hybrid could be ready to seed in Prairie fields within the next couple of years. Leading these breeding efforts are AAFC research scientists Aida Kebede and Malcolm Morrison. Cold-tolerant corn hybrids would allow Prairie growers to seed corn a full two to three weeks earlier, into cooler soils, without having to worry about poor germination.
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Sooty mould can look bad in canola, turning a tan-brown mature crop to a menacing black. But even when a canola crop looks bad, it usually isn’t a cause for concern. According to AAFC's Kelly Turkington, sooty moulds typically do not cause much, if any, yield loss. However, the effects of extensive sooty mould development can potentially result in downgrading.
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As in every other industry, AI is taking off rapidly - and agriculture is no exception. Darrell Petras, CEO of the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) explains the specific ways AI is being used in agriculture right now, the challenges it might help solve in the future and the potential benefit to a farmer’s bottom line.
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