As crops start to come off, fertility planning for next year should be in the back of your mind. The environmental conditions of the 2023 growing season already have me thinking towards the impact it will have on 2024 crop year. This article digs into why field-specific fertility planning is practical after a year with extremely variable rain patterns.

What is the main reason for upgrading or changing varieties on your farm? Most often, higher yield potential is the driving factor. How much consideration do you put into the supporting characteristics of a new variety? With oats– staying up to date and choosing varieties with a strong disease package will allow high yield potential to follow.

Questions come in every spring about the timing for application of growth regulators – an important question because the window of opportunity to apply is narrow in a plant’s growth. I wanted to take the time to dive into how the PGRs are working in the plants physiology to get a better understanding of why they behave the way they do.

As we continue to battle herbicide resistance, pre emerge products are starting to become an important component of our integrated weed management (IWM) plan. Read on to learn of the benefits of these products, and important factors to consider when applying them.

When should farmers inoculate? Should they inoculate at all? How do we maximize the benefits of the inoculant? Can we enable nitrogen fixation in cereal crops? These are the questions that Dr. Barney Geddes addressed at MAC this past year.

Majority of MB wheat fields haven’t yet been impacted by the Wheat Midge pest. Key word: yet. AB and SK have experienced significant damage to the grade and yield of their wheat crops due to wheat midge infestations. Wheat midge can thrive wherever wheat is grown – the migration into MB is inevitable.

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How do we continue to reduce nitrogen emissions without sacrificing yield? This is the topic that Dr. Mario Tenuta tackled at the Manitoba Agronomists Conference this year. Find out how nitrogen emissions occur, and some of the top strategies he has seen in his research to reduce them.  

A panel of experts gave us the details on 3 diseases of concern at the Manitoba Agronomists Conference in 2022. Find out how to identify and manage crown rust, verticillium stripe and Aphanomyces root rot.

This year marks the third year of subsoiling trials on Pitura Seeds Farm.  While subsoiling may not be a fit for every farm, it has certainly shown its value in our heavy clay soils.  Find out what impacts subsoiling had on crop growth, water infiltration and yield this season.

After years of dry conditions, we were finally able to perform a fungicide trial! We put Miravis Ace and Prosaro XTR to the test. Read on to see how they stacked up against one another in both yield, quality and harvestability.

New for 2023, AAC Hodge VB and AAC Hockley Wheat. View the presentations from our launch meeting.

The spring of 2022 started out with a lot of unknowns and worries about the upcoming crop but growing conditions were optimal for soybean yields and quality. Find out what Pitura Seeds and their contract growers do to maximize quality ahead of the 2023 growing season.

Fall 2022 has shown an increase in Verticillium Stripe infected canola fields. Diagnosing Verticillium stripe in your field can be difficult because the disease can be inconsistent in how it presents itself. This article outlines some tips for identification so that you can get out in the field, correctly identify canola diseases, and match your management plans accordingly.

With most winter wheat, open pollinated fall rye and hybrid rye in the bin, the winter cereal report is here! Check out how each of the varieties faired along with new and upcoming varieties hitting the market.

Desiccation can be a useful tool for harvest management. But it’s important to match the product with the conditions of each field. This article outlines the activity of different desiccation herbicides and the scenarios in which each product will be most effective

The drought is over. What’s happening with zero-till in the Red River Valley?

Late seeded soybeans - the hot topic of discussion and considerations leading up to that decision.

The results are in from resampling 3 fields and our findings have changed since fall 2021.

Find out what NEW and existing trials we are planning on the Pitura Farm this growing season! These are the trials we are the most curious about, the trials that we will be updating you on throughout the growing season, and sharing results at harvest time. Subsoiling, protein mapping with Harvest Lab 3000, cover crops and much more.

Are you trying anything new on your farm? We want to hear from you!