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CTF Alberta research updateThe Controlled Traffic Farming Alberta project entered its sixth year of fieldwork in 2016. The project now has eight co-operator farms spread out over 1250 kilometres, giving it a wide range of soils and climatic conditions, including one irrigation farm. Their cropped acreage ranges from 670 to 8650 acres. The project started in 2011 with five co-operating farms. >> Read full article |
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Helping Manitoba farmers predict effects of flood, drought on farmlandThe federal government is providing over $1.1 million to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association to develop a hydrology model of the Assiniboine River Basin that will help predict the effects of flooding, excess moisture and extreme drought on agricultural lands. >> Read full article |
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Positive youth development via 4-H Canada and FCCFarm Credit Canada is extending its funding to 4-H Canada until 2019. FCC’s annual 4-H Canada funding commitment of $250,000 supports national, provincial and club level programs and initiatives, including the popular FCC 4-H Club Fund. >> Read full article |
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 Integrated wild oat managementIn 2006 over $12 an acre on average was spent in Western Canada on wild oat herbicides, about $500 million annually. That’s more than double any other weed species as a weed target. Hugh Beckie, with Agiculture and Agri-Food Canada, conducted three surveys – in 2001 to 2007 to 2011 – and they showed Group 1 resistance went from 11 per cent of our fields to 39 per cent to well over 50 per cent of fields in Alberta. That’s very rapid and is indeed cause for concern. >> Learn More… | ||
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canolaPALOOZA ManitobaJune 21, 2016 |
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Farming Smarter Plot Hop IIJune 23, 2016 |
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canolaPALOOZA AlbertaJune 28, 2016 |
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