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July 1, 2018
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This fact sheet is a summary of suggestions for going through the process of hiring an agronomist or crop advisor.
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November 1, 2013
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Many farmers have fields dotted with eroded knolls that are relatively unproductive. This fact sheet takes a quick look at the best ways to restore the productivity of these knolls.
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November 1, 2013
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This fact sheet provides a summary about the effectiveness of fall nitrogen fertilization.
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February 1, 2013
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Sulphur is required in the development of fertile canola flowers and must be present for good nodule development on legume forages such as alfalfa and pulse crop roots such as pea and faba bean.
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January 1, 2013
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Potassium (K) is required by all plant and animal life. While potassium is not a commonly limiting soil nutrient in crop production in Alberta, about 15 per cent of Alberta soils used for annual...
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November 1, 2011
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Crop water use is the amount of water used by a crop for growth and cooling. Crop water use can be determined on a daily, weekly or growing season basis.
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May 1, 2011
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Irrigation farmers strive for optimum crop production. The timeliness of seeding is one of the most important agronomic practices for achieving high yields of cereal and oilseed crops under...
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October 1, 2010
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Compaction of soil is the compression of soil particles into a smaller volume, which reduces the size of pore space available for air and water. Soil compaction can be a serious and unnecessary...
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June 1, 2010
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Sodic soils have relatively high sodium levels. In many situations, sodic soils are best left in the native state or seeded to a tolerant forage crop. Often, the highest agricultural use of sodic...
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January 1, 2010
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Mustard fact sheet provides information about: mustard types and uses, production and variety selection, cropping systems and rotation, water use and yield, benefits and establishment and, seeding...