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Oct. 16 – 31: Taking stock of your soil’s health
At a workshop hosted by Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives this past summer, Abbey Wick, a soil health specialist at North Dakota State University, spoke about how the university uses extension to share ideas with producers, what soil health characteristics she looks for when assessing a field, managing saline areas and why it’s important for growers to share their local knowledge.
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending October 7, 2022.
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AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending September 30, 2022.
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Oct. 1 – 15: The cost of harvest loss
Trevor Scherman of ScherGain talks about what farmers can do to measure grain loss and why relying on your combine’s factory settings may not offer you the best result for your hard work.
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New crop protection products, canola hybrids from BASF
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm shows are a good place for companies to show growers new products that are just around the corner, and BASF took the opportunity to do just that at Ag in Motion this summer. Bethany Wyatt, senior technical service specialist with BASF, displayed the latest weed control product with a new group 14 herbicide that […] Read more
AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending September 23, 2022.
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Sept 15 – 30: Electrifying application
Cropzone is desiccating potatoes and oats with a high voltage tool that ruptures plants’ leaf and stem cells, terminating growth. The company demonstrated the equipment and technique near Outlook, Sask. in early September. | Western Producer / Robin Booker video
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AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending September 16, 2022.
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A mobile grain cleaner that’s keener
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’ve needed to improve grain quality, grown an intercrop and need to separate the grains, or had an oops! in your storage bin back at the yard, chances are you’ve had your grain cleaned at some point. That likely means trucking your grain to a facility that offers grain cleaning services which will eat […] Read more
The cost of harvest loss
Calibrating your combine to field conditions is essential
Reading Time: < 1 minute Harvest is about to kick into high gear for many Prairie farmers as the race begins to get crops off of fields and into bins. But in that flurry of activity of operating equipment, co-ordinating people – and trying to hit that optimal weather window – are you taking time to minimize harvest loss? “One […] Read more
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