Producers sought for wheat, barley trials

Producers sought for wheat, barley trials

Reading Time: < 1 minute For the past four growing seasons, Alberta Grains’ Plot2Farm has collected data from on-farm research trials that test specific agronomic questions. In 2023, there was research at eight sites on increased wheat seeding rates, increased N on barley, plant growth regulators on wheat, wheat variety trials and enhanced-efficiency fertilizers. Alberta Grains is seeking producers interested […] Read more

Field-scale trials show little variability in spring wheat yield based on seeding rates, but there may be other advantages to higher rates.

Field-scale trials present seeding and yield mystery in wheat

Trials see little yield difference by boosting seed count. But don’t plant less, says agronomist

Reading Time: 3 minutes Call it an agronomic mystery. It’s been proven time and time again that, barring unforeseen challenges, the more seeds planted, the more crop harvested. But those aren’t the results the Alberta Grains Plot2Farm program has seen in its field-scale trials on spring wheat. Four years of field trials have consistently shown that increasing seeding rates […] Read more