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Cropping Considerations For Less Common Crops

Mar 29, 2017

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If you’re considering committing acreage to some of the less common crops this year, such as flax, camelina and hemp, there are a few things to keep in mind. Harry Brook is a crop specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre in Stettler.

Interview with Harry Brook (3:10 minutes) (1.45 Mb)

Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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