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Corn School: Harvest timing critical for seed corn quality

Real Agriculture

Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. It’s all about protecting seed quality, says PRIDE Seeds field production manager Mike Bechard. Read More Seed corn harvest in southern Ontario typically gets underway in early September. Why so early? Why so early?

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Harvest 2023: New winter barley impresses in Yorkshire

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Yorkshire Wolds grower Mark Ullyott is impressed with the new winter barley variety Caravelle, saying it is the best seed crop of barley he has grown for more than 10 years and he will be growing it again this coming season. The two-row feed variety yielded 8.5-9.5t/ha

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Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most germinated blackgrass for years

Farmers Weekly

Granted the first inch was welcome as seed-beds were beginning to dry out, but now we’ve had enough. We […] The post Farmer Focus: Confusing harvest and most germinated blackgrass for years appeared first on Farmers Weekly Blackgrass seems to be germinating easily with low dormancy, which is a good thing.

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The Sharp Edge: Drone seeding cover crops into soybeans

Real Agriculture

first appeared on The Sharp Edge in 2020 to share how he uses a stripper header to harvest and prepare wheat fields for double crop soybeans. first appeared on The Sharp Edge in 2020 to share how he uses a stripper header to harvest and prepare wheat fields for double crop soybeans. In 2023, he returns to the program with.

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Corn School: Building a gibberella defence

Real Agriculture

A wet growing season plus high humidity and moisture at tasseling has many Ontario corn producers asking about the potential for ear mould and gibberella when combines start to roll at harvest. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin is joined by PRIDE Seeds product manager Matt Chapple for a look.

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Upgrades to the farm yard and bin set up can save labour

Real Agriculture

The phrase work smarter, not harder is perhaps best applied when you’ve got no other choice — a one-person or two-person farm has no choice but to get creative when it comes to handling grain, the logistics of seeding and harvest, and more. But it’s not just farms with only a few people that benefit.

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Sept 27: Seeding down to moisture, early canola, silage yields, and frozen corn

Real Agriculture

No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is.

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