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How Pulse Crops Have Been Affected by the Weather

First off today we get an update on pulse crops on the prairies. Some areas have been quite dry, while others have been extremely wet. Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research takes a look at acreage and what that might mean to the markets.

Interview with Chuck Penner (3:08 minutes) (1.43 Mb)

Chuck Penner is with LeftField Commodity Research.

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Source: Agriculture and Rural Development


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A chain harrow is a game changer

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Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

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