Keyword: crop rotation
The right balance: management strategies for plugging organic soil health constraints and moving forward
Read MoreEvaluating the interaction of management and environment on crop production in western Canada using producer-reported data
Research has shown that the variability in crop yield response to seeding date can often be attributed to environmental conditions experienced by the crop at important developmental or physiological stages, which vary with year and location Producers would benefit in better understanding the effect…Read More
Testing the cover crop hypothesis across Prairie Canada
Read MoreFrequency of soybean in Manitoba crop rotations
Crop rotations in Manitoba have shifted significantly in the past 10 years with the rapid expansion in soybean acres This raises important questions about the opportunities and implications on how to optimize soybean in rotation with other crops, such as canola, wheat, and corn This 4 year rotation…Read More
Developing a soil health assessment protocol for Saskatchewan producers
Farmers are looking for appropriate tools and methods for assessing and interpreting the health status of their soils; however, for Saskatchewan there is no standardized and prairie-based soil health test available As such, we focused on developing a soil health testing protocol for arable cropping…Read More