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2022 Upcoming Events
Registration details can be found here for upcoming events in July hosted at Wheatland Conservation Area in Swift Current, SK.
2022 Cropportunities Recording
Thank you so much for attending Cropportunities 2022! We hope that you enjoyed the presentations. If you missed any of the talks or would like to revisit some of the information, a recording of the meeting is available and we hope to see you again next year!
Crop Diagnostic School 2022
SAVE THE DATE. Crop Diagnostic School. Topics will include insects, weeds, disease, soils and herbicides. Follow Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Wheatland Conservation Area for more details coming this spring, or call the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at...
An Assessment of Annual Forage Varieties in Saskatchewan
Preliminary results from the SFP project An Assessment of Annual Forage Varieties in Saskatchewan, 2020-2021 can be found below. An interim report will be available in February 2022 followed by a final report in 2023.
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Annual field tour tentatively set for July 21st, 2022. Please call the Swift Current Ministry of Agriculture office at 778-8285 to pre-register a few weeks prior to the event.
Crop Diagnostic School at Swift Current, Wheatland Conservation Area plots, July 26th or 27th, 2022. Register here: https://prairiecca.ca/events/
Ducks Unlimited Canada Forage Tour at Swift Current, Wheatland Conservation Area plots, July 28th, 2022. RSVP at 306-450-7270.
Walk The Plots
Listen for “Walk The Plots” Radio Show with Glenda Lee Allan on CKSW (570) throughout the summer, every Tuesday on the noon hour, or find a recording on the Swift Current Online Podcast at a later date.
Annual Forages in a Rotation
Increasing Seeding Rate to manage FHB in Wheat
May 19, 2020
Faba Bean Agronomy
May 4, 2021
Insecticide Timing to control Aphids
May 11, 2021
Non traditional Nitrogen Management in Flax
May 25, 2021
Controlling flax volunteers in Canary Seed
May 18, 2021
Benefits of annual forages preceding spring cereals in a rotation
June 1, 2021
Establishing Optimum Nitrogen and Seed Rates for Hybrid Brown Mustard
June 15, 2021
Fertility Practices to Manage chickpea Maturity and disease resistance
June 8, 2021
Desiccation Options for Flax
July 29, 2021
SPG Field pea root health in aphanomyces contaminated soils
June 29, 2021
Influence of Potassium on Barley and Wheat
June 22, 2021