Work is needed to show farmers that winter wheat can achieve quality standards of premium markets and get higher yields
With southern Alberta facing lack of precipitation issues, use of winter cereals is one of the best risk management tools a farmer has available, said Ken Cole of Farming Smarter.Tag Archives winter cereals
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
