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Jun 6, 2024
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Producers made significant progress with seeding, according to the Saskatchewan crop report for May 21 to 27. Seeding is now 77 per cent complete in the province. This is behind the five-year
average of 91 per cent and the ten-year average of 89 per cent. Crop emergence is reported as excellent to good condition and topsoil moisture shows improvement over the past year.
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The federal government's support for increasing crop diversity continues with an investment of more than $8.1 million to Ag-West Bio Inc. through the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component,
an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. This initiative seeks to promote diverse crop rotations with small acreage crops that are able to withstand drought, heat, and soil nutrient deficiency.
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The deadline to apply for the $20,000 Nuffield Canada Scholarship, a prestigious rural leadership program available to Canadian citizens who are involved in
any aspect of agriculture, is June 30. » Read more...
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Introducing the inaugural edition of
Top Crop Manager's 2024 Western Canadian Insect Pest Identification Guide, sponsored by FMC. This handy resource provides helpful information on scouting and monitoring, feeding damage, economic thresholds and proper management strategies for a wide
range of insect pests in a variety of crops.
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Canola growers rely on cultivars with genetic resistance as the best practice for managing blackleg disease, as fungicides have little effect in controlling blackleg. However, recently,
the risk of blackleg incidence and severity is increasing, with the breakdown of the current resistance observed in some cultivars caused by the emergence of new virulent isolates.
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Mind your ‘Ps’ and ‘Ns’ and ‘Is’ when it comes to lentil fertility in the Brown, Dark Brown and thin Black soil zones. Phosphorus (P) can be a limiting nutrient in lentil production, but
nitrogen (N) and inoculants can also affect lentil yield and profits. A recent Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture ADOPT (Agricultural Demonstration of Practices and Technologies) project looked at these three fertility inputs and how the latter two interact
to impact production.
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