Canola crops across the prairies are in many different stages — some are coming out of bloom, and some are still in the window where dribble banding nitrogen could work.When it comes to making nitrogen available to your canola crops, weather plays an imperative role. After all, wet conditions are the reason many acres did… Read More
Category: Crop Schools
When most producers hear the word “fusarium” they think of fusarium head blight, and how it impacts their wheat crops.Fusarium also attacks pulse crops, but in this situation, it goes after the roots.Fusarium avenaceum is the species that’s commonly associated with root rots in peas. It’s also a fungus that causes fusarium head blight in wheat,… Read More
When it comes to plant development and yield potential, Ontario’s corn crop is all over the map. With pollination quickly approaching, many growers are now wrestling with fungicide strategies for a highly variable crop.In this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School, BASF agronomist Ken Currah reviews the struggles of the 2017 crop and discusses where, when… Read More
Surging wheat markets mean there’s plenty of profit potential in high protein wheat, and Peter Johnson has some tips to help you cash in on those premiums.In this episode of RealAgriculture Wheat School, Johnson, our resident agronomist and shameless wheat promoter, shares protein management insights for growers in Western Canada and spring wheat growers in… Read More
When it comes to fungicide applications, pulses can be some of the more difficult crops to work with.Dense canopies and susceptibility to many different diseases makes disease management more complicated.In this Pulse School episode, we talk to Tom Wolf of Agrimetrix and Sprayers101.com about how to get fungicide to the part of the plant that… Read More
Are the roots of your corn crop running into a cement pad six inches below the surface? It’s time to find out.In this episode of RealAgriculture’s Corn School, AGRIS Co-operative agronomist Dale Cowan demonstrates how growers can effectively use a soil penetrometer to locate a soil hardpan and help eliminate the compaction so plant roots… Read More
Fusarium, fusarium, fusarium.It’s certainly on many minds right now, with fungicide season underway and all too fresh memories of fusarium-infected grain from 2016Since you can’t really scout for the disease, we have to use models, such as the brand new risk tool launched by the Alberta Wheat Commission and the Alberta Climate Information Service, to… Read More
When you see the stem rot in the field, it’s too late.And that’s just one of the reasons why managing sclerotinia is a challenge, as exerienced in 2016, a severe year for the disease in canola fields in Western Canada.In this Canola School episode, we talk to Michael Harding, plant pathologist with Alberta Agriculture and… Read More
Most problems around the farm are better prevented than solved, especially when it takes two weeks for the problem to show up.In this Canola School episode, we talk to Tom Wolf with Agrimetrix and Sprayers101.com about the importance of properly cleaning out your sprayer.“There are usually two parts to a cleanout. The first one is… Read More
When it comes to economic impact, ascochyta — also referred to as mycosphaerella blight — is a serious concern in peas, lentils and chickpeas.In this Pulse School episode, we talk to Nevin Rosaasen, about how to scout for ascochyta, and the importance of timing when it comes to fungicide application.“When you are going out to scout… Read More