The Rural Voice, 1983-09, Page 21a precision drill "like the old hoe
drill", had not shattered despite the
dry weather at that time. It was
planted two pounds to the acre, less
than half the recommended rate.
Snobelen says it's a slow starting
crop. The ground was cultivated three
times, sowed and packed. It should
be planted as shallow as you can, he
says, and as early as possible.
Snobelen says the atrazine resistant
canola supposedly has a five per cent
yield decrease but he feels it evens out
because there is no competition with
weeds.
Experimenting with growth
regulators on barley on the Grant
Collins farm in Huron township was
of interest on the tour.
Regulators are used extensively in
Europe. The grain has higher
nitrogen rates applied, in this case,
110kg/ha, resulting in shortened crop
height and a stiffer stock. Then, Col-
lins says, you go in with fungicide to
control disease. He says there's a
seven per cent yield increase from the
fungicide alone.
The whole premise is that lack of
nitrogen is the limiting factor to
higher yields, he says.
The tour ended with a "bull ses-
sion" at the Bluewater Agromart.
Jim Scott, Little Rock Farms,
brought in a sample of canola. He
says at U. of G. tests plots, Topas
yielded 57 bu/acre.
Upfold says you'll be hearing a lot
more about intensive cereal manage-
ment in the future.
After a look at Collin's weed con -
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trol in his soybean plot, the group
ended with a "bull session" at the
Bluewater Agromart which included
a weed identification session and a
discussion on crop conditions.
Jim Scott from Little Rock Farm,
Ripley brought in a sample of Topas,
a spring canola which he brought in
from Sweden with the assistance of a
seed company from Lindsay. Scott
says over 800 acres were planted in
the area this year. He hopes to be
handling it again next year. Test plots
at U. of G., he says, showed Topas
yielding 57 bu/ac next to Regent and
Tower at 35 bu/ac.
At this meeting, Rick Upfold was
making his last appearance in Bruce
as an OMAF staff member; he is now
on staff in the crop science depart-
ment at U. of G.
Results from the crop tour trials
will be available from the Bruce
OMAF office when all the results
from the projects have been com-
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