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Aug 22, 2017

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One option to letting unseeded acres sit idle is to plant winter cereals such as winter wheat and fall rye. Dean Dyck, farm business management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, says before making a decision it’s important to compare the potential profit from these crops to traditional cereals and oilseeds; and he says there are tools to help do just that.

Interview with Dean Dyck (2:05 minutes) (977 Kb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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