Chickpea-flax intercrop trials grow at the South East Research Farm near Redvers, Sask.  |  Lana Shaw photo

Sask. crop trials focus on intercrops, humic acid

The South East Research Farm continues its chickpea-flax work and is trying to determine the facts on humic acid

Glacier FarmMedia – The next round of trials and intercrop mixes are in the ground at the South East Research Farm in Redvers, Sask. Lana Shaw, research manager at SERF, has a few projects she deems particularly noteworthy, among them tests of humic acid application with nitrogen fertilizer. Winter and spring camelina genetic mixes are […] Read more

Growers who participate in the Manitoba Crop Alliance’s winter wheat trials will have their production practices examined by crop researchers.  |  File photo

Seeding, fertilizer rates explored

The Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is calling for participants for their 2023-24 winter wheat trials. In its ongoing Research on the Farm program, MCA plans to explore seeding rates and fertilizer use. MCA research trial specialist Daryl Rex says the purpose of Research on the Farm trials is to take science-based recommendations and ground truth […] Read more