Winter cereals make better use of spring moisture and can reduce certain weeds, insects and diseases.  |  Robin Booker photo

Early harvest? Consider growing winter cereals

The ideal time to seed winter cereals in the Prairies is between the end of August and the middle of September

An early start to harvest in some parts of the Prairies has advantages. It gives farmers more choice of fields to plant winter cereals and more time to do it. “Usually (time) that’s the biggest thing,” Alex Griffiths, Ducks Unlimited Canada’s Manitoba agronomist said in an interview Aug. 25. “You’re busy harvesting and don’t want […] Read more