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HARVESTING
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| When to Harvest Pulse Crops - Peas |
Swathing Canola |
When to Harvest Pulse Crops - Lentils |
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Dale Risula, the provincial crop specialist for pulse crops, discusses what you need to know when harvesting peas.
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Ian Schemenaur discusses swathing canola and the importance of timing to ensure optimum yields
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Dale Risula, the provincial crop specialist for pulse crops, discusses what you need to know when harvesting lentils.
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CROP PROTECTION
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| How to submit a weed sample properly for diagnostic testing. |
Plant disease diagnosis and how to submit a proper disease sample |
Herbicide resistance testing and how to submit a proper sample. |
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Dr. Philp Northover from the Crop Protection Laboratory explains how to submit a weed sample properly for diagnostic testing.
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Dr. Philp Northover from the Crop Protection Laboratory explains the importance of plant disease diagnosis and how to submit a proper disease sample
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Phillip Northover, Crop Protection Laboratory Supervisor, discusses the importance of herbicide resistance testing and how to submit a proper sample.
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| Livestock |
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Body Condition Scoring in Beef Cattle
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Regional Livestock Specialist Naomi Paley discusses body condition scoring in beef cattle. Body condition scoring is a "hands-on" method of determining the amount of fat an animal is carrying.
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FEED AND FORAGE
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| Importance of Feed Testing and How to Obtain a Proper Sample |
Perennial Forage Root Demonstration |
Crop Residue Collection for Field Grazing |
Regional Livestock Specialist Naomi Paley and Regional Forage Specialist Todd Jorgenson discuss the importance of feed testing and demonstrate how to obtain a proper feed sample. |
Regional Forage Specialist Lorne Klein demonstrates the effects that grazing management has on the depth and volume of perennial forage roots. |
Regional Forage Specialist Lorne Klein highlights two combine attachments for collecting and bunching crop residue for field grazing. |
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| Mole Hill Levellers |
Identifying Water Hemlock |
Monitoring Alfalfa Weevil |
Regional Forage Specialist Lorne Klein discusses the problems of mole hills on hay fields, and shows five different producer modified machines for leveling the hills. |
Regional Forage Specialist Al Foster discusses identifying water hemlock |
Forage Management Specialist Andrea Bonneau discusses monitoring for alfalfa weevil in Saskatchewan. |
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OTHER
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| Pruning Fruit Trees |
Grain Bag Recycling |
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Forrest Scharf; the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture's Provincial Specialist for Fruit Crops outlines key features of pruning that are important for commercial fruit production |
Daphne Cruise, Regional Crops Specialist discusses the importance of grain bag recycling and how the grain bag rollers work. |
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