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Pest Patrol: Canada fleabane in an organic hay crop
网页2021年6月10日 · A bolted Canada fleabane plant will be killed after the first heavy frost (Figure 1 at top) and will not overwinter (Figure 2 at top) compared to its counterparts at the basal rosette stage (Figure 3 below). Canada fleabane will only overwinter when it’s in the basal rosette stage. Rosettes can die over the winter if their root system is not ...
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Growth markets - Country Guide
网页2019年3月4日 · Sales in Ontario are estimated to have increased annually about 10 to 12 per cent to about $800 million with an economic impact of over $2.5 billion. “Consumers want to buy from the farmer, not re-sellers,” Clark says of the Ontario market. “They want to know where their food comes from. That’s the new trend.”.
Goodbye to Canada’s ‘average’ farm - Country Guide
网页2021年3月8日 · An unexpected trend. Researchers are finding something surprising in the census numbers. “There has been a steady decline in the number of farms for the last 70 years (around 1.5 per cent per year),” Weersink says. Okay, so no surprise there. “But the sector is actually much more dynamic,” he goes on to say.
Timmerman trains the Tiger Hills of Treherne - Country Guide
网页2020年3月10日 · Dallas Timmerman uses a Leon scraper to put topsoil back on his eroded and degraded hilltops. He also adds manure. These measures don’t take a lot of time and have led to a large yield increase on those acres. Photo: Supplied. Dallas Timmerman farms in the Tiger Hills around Treherne, Man., and sometimes those tigers need training.
The Catch-22 of oat production - Country Guide
网页2017年11月6日 · Because it’s here that oat production is experiencing something of a Catch-22. Oats grown here are typically destined for the lower-value feed and pony oat markets, yet Hall says the region has all the ingredients for successful, high-value milling oat production. “It has black, rich soil, lots of rainfall, cooler conditions — we’re ...
Family Through Succession: Meet the Hunter family
网页2019年10月10日 · So, meet the Hunters, a multi-generational farm family in southwestern Ontario. Really, they could farm anywhere; the process works across farm types, but in their particular example, they have an average-sized, mixed operation of crops and dairy. The Hunters own 500 acres, rent 500 acres, and milk 120 head.
Putting grasslands on a map - Country Guide
网页2022年11月1日 · She says stakeholders identified three over-arching needs: 1. To establish consistent definitions of the grasslands to be mapped, including differentiating native and tame grasslands. This will provide clarity about what is being mapped, and how and where the information can be applied. 2.