By Dori Modney

Farming Smarter seeking information input from wheat producers

Sep 13, 2021 | 4:02 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — An international and prairie-wide project to generate baseline producer data on current Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat management practices, requires data and input from several hundred farmers .

Farming Smarter needs 2019/2020 irrigated and dryland production systems data, from 100 Alberta farms, 150 Saskatchewan farms and 75 farms in Manitoba to take part and provide the information. The information is expected to identify key factors that prevent CWRS wheat producers from obtaining potential yields on individual farms.

Listen to this podcast with Dr. Brian Beres and Dr. Patricio Grassini as they talk about current research into quantifying CWRS yield gaps. Dr. Beres an agronomy research scientist with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, while Dr. Patricio Grassini is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Beres == credit Farming Smarter

This project requires information on yield and other agronomic data specific to individual farm CWRS wheat production. The data needs to include grain yield and agronomic data for at least two dryland or irrigated CWRS fields from 2019 and 2020.

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Farming Smarter will handle in-depth data analysis. The organization just needs to know on-farm factors contributing to a yield gap in the CWRS wheat development.

The project objective is designed to work for farmers, using farmer supplied data, to help them produce higher wheat yields.

To participate, contact Jamie Puchinger ?(office 403-317-0022). All data submissions are strictly confidential. You can download the fillable PDF here, or email Excel documents directly to Jamie.

This project is a collaboration with colleagues at the Global Yield Gap Atlas, Kansas State University, and provincial experts from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Alberta Wheat and Barley Commission, Alberta Innovates BioSolutions, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, and Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association fund this project.