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AgGronomyTV: Let’s talk inhibitors

If you're a grower who may be 'nitrogen inhibitor-curious' but haven't yet adopted one as part of your fertilizer strategy, this quick video from Manitoba 4R Day this summer is worth a listen. Here, Marla Riekman with Manitoba Agriculture explains why she sees inhibitors as an 'insurance policy' and how your method of fertilizer application determines how that inhibitor will react with it when the time comes.

AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Spud washer supreme

AGCanadaTV Special Feature: Spud washer supreme

Washing potatoes sounds like a tedious, but necessary, job – no one likes a dirty spud, right? But this field side mobile potato washer unit adds plenty of speed to the process – to the tune of 200,000 pounds of potatoes per hour no less. Find out what other tricks this nine-metre trailer unit from […] Read more

AgGronomyTV: When to spray a fungicide for blight in peas

Mycosphaerella blight is a widespread disease among Manitoba pea fields. So, how can pea growers in the province get two steps ahead of this economically injurious disease? For starters, it’s important to know what you’re up against before loading your tank with a fungicide and spraying your crop. Why? Another common blight in peas looks similar to Mycosphaerella and a fungicide will have no effect, as Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, explains.

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Farming ‘Innovation’ from the ground up

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Farming ‘Innovation’ from the ground up

Innovation Farms, west of Winnipeg near the community of Grosse Isle in Manitoba, has become a testing ground for some of the latest technology and farming practices. In this video from Manitoba 4R Day in early August, Leanne Koroscil with EMILI talks about how its research gets out to the wider farming public, how soil […] Read more

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