New Projects in 2021

Projects in place for the 2021 field season include:

Pulses:

• Dry bean response to nitrogen fertilizer rate in dryland, solid-seeded production
• Production Management Strategies to improve Field Pea Root Health in Aphanomyces contaminated soils
• Increasing the Adoption of new green and yellow pea varieties
• Novelty phosphorus products in Field peas and Faba beans
• Faba bean agronomy to enhance yield, hasten maturity, and reduce disease

Oilseeds:

• Canola seed safety and yield response to novel phosphorus sources in SK soils
• Sclerotinia risk assessment tools for Spray Decision Support in Canola
• Flax response to non-traditional nitrogen fertilizer management strategies
• Hemp seeding date demonstration for grain production
• Camelina: A new crop options for NE Saskatchewan

Cereals:

• Top-dressing nitrogen fertilizer on frozen or snow covered soils in SK
• Crop rotation benefits of annual forages preceding spring cereals
• Can farmer-saved seed of wheat perform as well as certified seed?
• Increasing Wheat protein with Post-emergent applications of UAN vs. Dissolved Urea
• Oat varietal response to seed date
• Inter-row spraying and wicking of non-selective herbicides to control wild oats in oats
• Oat varietal response to Plant Growth Regulators
• Are oats responding to higher levels of Macronutients?
• Oat varietal response to harvest date to evaluate shattering losses
• Barley Nitrogen Management
• Malt Barley Agronomy
• Contrasting fungicide applications and genetic FHB resistance for enhanced yield and quality of barley
• Controlling flax volunteers in Canary seed
• Development of Decision support tools for Fusarium Head Blight in Western Canada

Forages and Multi-crop:

• Tolerance of Red and Alsike Clover to spring applied Authority, Authority Supreme and Valtera
• Seeding Liberty Link Canola with Perennial Ryegrass
• Demonstration of intercropping perennial ryegrass with oat using different seed placements and seeding rates
• Pre-seed and in-crop minor use in Hybrid Brome, Perennial Ryegrass, Slender Wheatgrass and Tall Fescue
• Alternative cover crop options for establishing forage legumes for seed production
• Demonstrate and compare the effect of different cover crops seeded with sunflowers on sunflower grain yield and cover crop biomass
• Regenerative Ag Cover cropping demonstration

All reports will be posted as soon as they are available.