Keep updated on pest and disease through the season
If you have crop or scout and give recommendations on crop management, be sure to sign up for the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network and the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network. These two resources w…
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Lakeland Agronomy Day
Lakeland College's Research team is excited to welcome you to its Vermilion Campus for an in-person field day. Topics will include a variety of agronomic topics on pulses, cereals, 4R nutrient steward…
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Lacombe FIeld Day 2022
Join Olds College and the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) for the Lacombe Field Day presented by Alberta Barley on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Take part in this annual event to learn more about the…
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Scouting for herbicide resistance
Producers are currently managing herbicide decisions on their fields. With some areas having delayed weed emergence due to lack of rainfall, some decisions change rapidly to account for new conditions…
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Alberta Malt Barley Field Day
Join us for a day of learning about the next generation of Canadian malt varieties, best management practices, markets and end-user quality requirements at the Lenz Farm near Bentley, Alberta. &n…
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Willingdon Plot2Farm + Richardson Pioneer Lamont Field Day
On August 3, 2022, the Alberta Wheat Commission is teaming up with the Lamont Richardson Pioneer to demonstrate a field scale trial of the plant growth regulator ‘Manipulator’ on spring wheat. The…
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Growing Smarter: Plant growth regulator staging for wheat and barley
Learn about how to properly stage your crops for plant growth regulators with Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions' agronomy expert Dr. Sheri Strydhorst with this informative diagnostic video.
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The Alberta Fusarium head blight risk forecast: A useful tool for FHB
Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is an increasing concern in Alberta (Harding et al. 2018). FHB leads to Fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and deoxynivalenol (DON) causing i…
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Should you tank mix fungicide with your herbicide or plant growth regulator?
Many cereal growers have considered applying, or have applied, a sub-lethal rate of fungicide (i.e. half rate of Tilt/propiconazole) tank-mixed with herbicide at early growth stages. This practice is …
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Keep updated on pest and disease through the season
If you have crop or scout and give recommendations on crop management, be sure to sign up for the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network and the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network. These two resources w…
Read More
Lakeland Agronomy Day
Lakeland College's Research team is excited to welcome you to its Vermilion Campus for an in-person field day. Topics will include a variety of agronomic topics on pulses, cereals, 4R nutrient steward…
Read More
Lacombe FIeld Day 2022
Join Olds College and the Field Crop Development Centre (FCDC) for the Lacombe Field Day presented by Alberta Barley on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Take part in this annual event to learn more about the…
Read More
Scouting for herbicide resistance
Producers are currently managing herbicide decisions on their fields. With some areas having delayed weed emergence due to lack of rainfall, some decisions change rapidly to account for new conditions…
Read More
Alberta Malt Barley Field Day
Join us for a day of learning about the next generation of Canadian malt varieties, best management practices, markets and end-user quality requirements at the Lenz Farm near Bentley, Alberta. &n…
Read More
Willingdon Plot2Farm + Richardson Pioneer Lamont Field Day
On August 3, 2022, the Alberta Wheat Commission is teaming up with the Lamont Richardson Pioneer to demonstrate a field scale trial of the plant growth regulator ‘Manipulator’ on spring wheat. The…
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Massive expansion of applied agriculture research at Lethbridge College
As investment in Canada’s Premier Food Corridor skyrockets, Lethbridge College’s Integrated Agriculture Technology Centre (IATC) has become a hive of applied agriculture research, aimed at helping…
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Plot2Farm on-farm trials for 2022 season
The Alberta Wheat and Barley Commissions recognize the value of on-farm research. In 2019, both commissions put aside funds to launch Plot2Farm, a farmer-focused, on-farm research program. In 2020, Pl…
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Symptoms of imidazolinone herbicide carryover on wheat and barley
For parts of Alberta, precipitation in the 2021 growing season was below average. Some farms received less than 150mm between April 1 and September 1. The low precipitation amount caused increased her…
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Reducing potential negative impacts of plant growth regulator use in wheat and barley
Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are synthetic compounds that can alter plant growth and development. PGRs change plant hormone activity to produce shorter stems and reduce lodging. PGRs should only be …
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Should you tank mix fungicide with your herbicide or plant growth regulator?
Many cereal growers have considered applying, or have applied, a sub-lethal rate of fungicide (i.e. half rate of Tilt/propiconazole) tank-mixed with herbicide at early growth stages. This practice is …
Read More