Reading Time: 2 minutes Last June when Bruce was scouting his 3,200 acres of barley, wheat, oats and canola in Yorkton, Sask., he was surprised to find the centre of a canola field almost bare, while the rest of his fields were fine. “The seed has rotted away — it’s no good,” Bruce said. Sure enough, the first 60 […] Read more
Crop Adviser’s Solution Solved — Bare Middle Of Field
Crop Adviser’s Casebook Why Is Middle Of Field So Bare?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jennifer Thomas is a crop input manager at Richardson International in Balgonie, Sask. Near the end of last June, I got a call from Bruce who farms 3,200 acres of barley, wheat, oats and canola at Yorkton. Bruce wasn’t happy with the density of his canola stand and he thought there might be something wrong […] Read more
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