The new Prairie Precision Sustainability Network has a pilot program to help farmers map the historic profitability of zones within fields. It flags areas that are perpetually unprofitable. Farmers can then decide what areas may benefit from different management practices.
CCC agronomy specialist Jason Casselman saw a lot at AgriTechnica in November, including next stage crop sensors, optical spraying retrofits, automatic seeding rate adjustment for drills and instant AI analysis of crop imagery.
Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist Jason Casselman is digging into tile drainage as a land improvement option for farms in Western Canada. The $1,000 to $1,400 per acre investment works for many decades to improve productivity, especially in land where ponding and crop drown-outs are common.
Canola crops tend to yield more when they start off with five to eight plants per square foot, and when seedlings emerge at the same time. Growers can also often save extra management costs for flea beetles, for example, when plants germinate and emerge quickly.
Farmers have many technology options that could increase yields. This article focuses on three under-utilized precision tools – tools that have been around for a few years and are not as popular as they should be.
This is the third article in a four-part yield series for the Canola Digest 2021-22 season.