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It takes years of dedication and whole lot of patience to develop a strong forage variety. For Dr. Bruce Coulman, his journey into plant breeding started when he was working in the Crop Science Department at the University of Saskatchewan back in high school. Read More
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Customer feedback is the driving force behind a stack of updates farmers will see in New Holland’s 2025 FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvesters. Read More Customer feedback is the driving force behind a stack of updates farmers will see in New Holland’s 2025 FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvesters.
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CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. Read More CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. Read More CLAAS is celebrating 50 years of Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters. In this report, CLAAS. In this report, CLAAS.
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Saline soils are part of the natural landscape of Western Canada. “They were here when we broke the land, they are part of the soil cycle and they’re here to stay,” says Nutrien Premium Fertilizer Technologies senior agronomist Lyle Cowell. Salt can move down through the soil profile and outside the root system, but high.
Per Product Management Bulletin PM-23-047 , The Rainfall Index (RI) Common Policy, and the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) Crop Provisions for 2024 and succeeding crop year for the August 31, 2023, contract change date and for the 2025 crop year for insurance plans with a contract change date prior to August 31, 2023 have been revise.
The microbiomes of animals, on and in crops, and in soil and water are incredibly complex that are intricately interconnected, with each influencing the others in various ways.
Crop species diversity: A key strategy for sustainable food system transformation and climate resilience. The Role of Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces of Forage Legumes in Pre-Breeding as a Response to Climate Change. As above, but for a bunch of forages. I do wonder why we don’t try crop re-synthesis a lot more.
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Farmers Weekly Maize has done well in this year’s challenging weather conditions, utilising summer rain for excellent plant growth, reports Neil Groom, manager of forage specialists Grainseed. Spring was wet and maize drilling delayed in many areas well into May since field conditions were too wet to cultivate.
Like mushrooms after an autumn rain, a new flush of books have popped up on Amazon that claim to provide everything you need to forage your next meal from local parks and woodlands—an increasingly popular hobby in the wake of the pandemic. I was just incensed, and it was on from there,” Bergo says.
In early November, the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame will induct four new members, including a forage breeder, a canola believer, an entomologist, and a cattle genetics leader. This is the first of four interviews, each featuring one of the inductees. Dr. Michael Eskin of the University of Manitoba is set to be inducted into.
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) wrapped up its annual Forage, Turf and Conservation (FTC) Seed Conference in Kansas City, Missouri last week. forage, turf, and conservation sector has long been at the forefront of promoting seed as the solution for environmental initiatives.
Host Lyndsey Smith looks forward to this topic every year, as she gets to talk forages! Host Lyndsey Smith looks forward to this topic every year, as she gets to talk forages! For this episode of The Agronomists, Smith is joined by Dan Undersander, professor emeritus from the University of Wisconsin, and Christine.
Why did foraging, horticulture and pastoralism persist after the Neolithic transition? New research on crop diversity of the early farmers in southeastern Europe (ca. New research on crop diversity of the early farmers in southeastern Europe (ca. Some crops were outcompeted by others as agriculture spread into Europe.
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The Indigenous ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist foraged with her mom and grandmother in the Ohio River Valley as a child, then made the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota her home alongside her husband, Luke. My mom was an Indigenous woman from Korea, and she grew up foraging and growing her own food as a matter of survival.
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Crop insurance helps protect your farm and your future but we know theres a lot to learn about the subject. What is Multi-Peril Crop Insurance? What is Multi-Peril Crop Insurance? Is it the only type of crop insurance? In this case, coverage is determined by actual production history and a projected price for the crop.
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should consider targeting additional research funding toward,” among other things, “crop diversity and nutrition.” Though actually probably most of the other five priority research areas she comes up with could also have had “crop diversity” added to the title. Jess Fanzo recommend that “the U.S.
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