Flatpea offers replacement for fallow in prairie farming
Agriculture Canada researchers in Swift Current test a Moroccan flatpea as a ground cover to curb erosion and boost nitrogen fixation. By eight weeks the crop yielded 3.2 tons per acre of dry matter and fixed 163 pounds of nitrogen, with commercial seed likely two years away and field tests planned this year.
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Manitoba Agriculture Revises Guides On Grain Aeration
Manitoba Agriculture updates two booklets on aeration and drying grain. Movement of Natural Air Through Grain covers fan operation and duct layouts while Fan Test Results reports independent tests on 81 aeration fans. Copies available from provincial representatives or The Distribution Centre, Winnipeg.
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Orly Friesen
Manitoba Agricultural
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