Crop Topics

October 2009

• Harvesting Grain Corn in Late Fall
• Harvesting Oilseeds Crops in Late Fall
• Harvesting Edible Beans in the Late Fall
• Harvesting Soybeans in the Late Fall
• Want to be “On the Cutting Edge”? Attend 2009 Manitoba Grazing School – December 1st & 2nd
• Cold Prairie Soils: Friend of the Farmer and of the Environment
• The end-of-season stalk nitrate test for corn: A novel approach to evaluating your fertility program
• When to Apply Winter Protection to Strawberry Fields

August 2009

• Risk of Fall Frost

July 2009

• Be on the Lookout for the Alfalfa Weevil

June 2009

• Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Dairy Producer (PDF)
• Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Beef/Bison/Sheep Producer (PDF)
• Manitoba Average Feed Values for the Cash Hay Producer (PDF)
• Manitoba Average Forage Mineral Concentrations (PDF)
• Manitoba Green Gold Program
• Don’t Miss the Upcoming 2009 Annual Provincial Pasture Tour!
• Annual Crops to Manage Unseeded Acres
• Using Preservatives and Drying Agents to Improve Hay Quality
• Ash Plant Bug
• Spring Frost Damage Bulletin
• Mycorrhizae – More than the basics.
• Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School  - Register Today!  - July 7 - 10 & July 13 - 17, 2009
• Identifying Winter Kill in Alfalfa
• Ice Encasement and Alfalfa Frost Damage
• Assessing the Frost and Flood Damage in Your Alfalfa

• Considerations for delayed seeding in 2009
   

  • Late seeding of Edible Beans (pdf)
  • Late seeding of Grain Corn (pdf)
  • Late seeding of Oilseed Crops (pdf)
  • Late seeding of Peas (pdf)
  • Late seeding of Soybeans (pdf)
  • Late seeding of Spring Cereals (pdf)

May 2009

• Addendum - 2009 Guide to Field Crop Protection
• Addendum - 2009 Fruit Crop Protection Guide
• Manitoba Apple and Crabapple Cultivar Survey
• The Manitoba Corn Committee - Who We Are and What We Do
• Nitrogen Ramp Calibration Strips in Manitoba
• Revised Nitrogen Fertilizer Guidelines for Wheat, Barley and Canola in Manitoba
• Concerned about your Winter Wheat Stand

March 2009

• Manitoba Forage and Grassland Strategic Workshop

February 2009

• Seminar  Building Soil Health with Cover Crops  (Tuesday February 17, 2009)
• Workshop  Grass - The Foundation of Health, Healthy Food, Healthy Stock and Healthy Farms  (March 5 & 6, 2009)
• Manitoba Forage Symposium - February 18, 2009

January 2009

• Fungicide Application in Corn - Is there Benefit in Manitoba?
• Unworked Corn Fields Going into 2009 - Friend or Foe?
• Regulation of Pepper Sprays in Manitoba

November 2008

• Results from the 2008 Manitoba Corn Hybrid Performance Trials
• Seabuckthorn Berry Cost of Production

October 2008

• Manitoba Strawberry Variety Trial Results and Recommendations (2005-2007)
• Manitoba Raspberry Cultivar Evaluation (2005-2007) Final Results
• New Brochure:  The Manitoba Controlled Crop Residue Burning Program
• When to Harvest Corn Silage
• The Facts of Grain Corn Drydown
• New Organic Transition Program for Manitoba

September 2008

• Winter Wheat Must be Seeded on Time
• Control of Weeds and Volunteer Plants During Winter Wheat Seeding
• Fertilizing Winter Wheat
• 2008 Winter Wheat Performance Data for Manitoba Producers
• A Fall Rye Seeding Primer

July 2008

• Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid
• Model Business Plan: Saskatoon Berry Processing in Manitoba
• Consider risk of Fusarium Head Blight as spring cereals approach flowering
• Another alternative where forage supplies are limited
• New Publication to Assist New Saskatoon Growers Manitoba Saskatoon Industry Feasibility Study and Business Plan
• Manitoba Guide for Estimating Saskatoon Orchard Production Costs

June 2008

• Addendum to the Fruit Crop Protection Guide
• Corrections to the Guide to Field Crop Protection and the Addendum

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