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Manitoba growers know the devastating impacts of hail on wheat due to unstable spring and summer weather. Assessing hail damage can be very difficult, but there are steps you can take after hail events to evaluate crop damage. Read More
In Manitoba, field corn is grown for grain or silage production. The majority of grain corn produced in Manitoba supplies the ethanol and feed industries, but a small portion is sold to the distillery in Gimli. Silage corn is used… Read More
Hybrid selection in sunflower can be difficult. Seed companies provide an abundance of information on specific traits, but all this information can be overwhelming during the selection process. This document can be used as a supplemental resource during hybrid selection,… Read More
By now, producers have made most of their cropping decisions for 2023. For those that have chosen to include malting barley in their rotation, this article offers some information and tips to consider for seeding and growing malt barley to… Read More
In this applied project, these new malting barley varieties were grown in several on-farm trials over a three year period in different locations in Manitoba. The results show that the new varieties perform well in terms of both agronomics (yields)… Read More
As the 2023 crop year wraps up, we take a look back at some of the top crop issues of 2023 including drought, heat, grasshoppers and uneven maturity across the Prairies. Here we provide some background information on each issue… Read More
Unstable weather in Manitoba springs often yields severe storms producing hail. There is a major benefit of spring hail over summer/fall hail events, which is the ability of a crop to recover and have very little yield impact. There is… Read More
Sunflower bud moth larvae have a cream-coloured body with a dark head capsule and are approximately one centimetre in length. Adult moths are greyish brown with two dark diagonal bands on each wing. Read More
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