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Managing canola after a late June hailstorm

The Canola Council of Canada states the later hail occurs, the higher the chance of yield loss in canola, given that the plants have less time to recover. >> Read full article

Equipment sales reveal pulse of the farm sector

Promising farm cash receipt projections suggest new farm equipment sales will slowly improve over the next two years, according to Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) latest agriculture economics report. >> Read full article

Land classification for irrigation in Alberta

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (AF) has revised its Land Classification for Irrigation in Alberta factsheet. The factsheet includes sections on standards for classification, irrigation factors, land classes and topography classification. >> Read full article

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Harvest weed seed control in Australia

Harvest weed seed control in Australia

The widespread evolution of multiple herbicide resistance in annual weeds infesting Australian cropping fields has dramatically depleted the available herbicide options and forced investigation into the development of alternative weed control strategies. One approach that is now widely adopted in Australian cropping systems is referred to as harvest weed seed control (HWSC), which targets weed seed during grain harvest to minimize seed inputs to the seedbank. >> Learn More…

 
 Event Calendar 
 

Farming Smarter Field School

July 5-7, 2016
Location: Farming Smarter Lethbridge field site, Lethbridge, Alta. >> More Info

Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School

July 5-7, 2016
Location: Ian N. Morrison Research Farm, Carman, Manitoba >> More Info

CSGA 112th Annual General Meeting

July 8,2016
Location: Clear Lake, Manitoba >> More Info