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Cropping stories

Nov 1, 2010 | 6:40 AM

As harvest season gradually switches to meeting season, it’s amazing to hear the stories of cropping successes and failures from this very unusual growing season.

A lot of producers were pleasantly surprised by how well their canola did. While there are instances where canola has been badly downgraded by frost, in most cases the quality and the yield held up better than producers were expecting.

On the other hand, I’ve heard lots of reports of disappointing canaryseed yields. The stand looked good, but there wasn’t much seed when it was combined.

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