2013 Annual Report
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Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization 2013 Annual Report Scott Chalmers [email protected] 139 Main St P.O. Box 519 Melita, MB R0M 1L0 Phone: 204-522-3256 Fax: 204-522-8054 Funded by: Table of Contents 2013 Industry Partners .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Farmer Co-operators – 2012-2013 Trial Locations .................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 WADO Staff ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Got An Idea? .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 WADO Directors ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 2013 Weather Report and Data – Melita Area .......................................................................................................... 7 2013 Precipitación & Corn Heat Unit (CHU) Maps .................................................................................................... 8 WADO Tours and Special Events ................................................................................................................................ 9 Understanding Plot Statistics ................................................................................................................................... 10 MCVET Variety Evaluation Trials .............................................................................................................................. 11 Winter Wheat Variety Trails ................................................................................................................... 12 Spring Wheat .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Oats ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Buckwheat .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Dry Beans ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Western Manitoba Soybean Adaptation Trial ........................................................................................ 23 Durum ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Lentils ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 Sunflower Variety Trials .......................................................................................................................... 29 Industrial Hemp ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 National Hemp Coop Variety Trials- Trial Descriptor ............................................................................. 31 National Hemp Coop Grain Variety Trial ................................................................................................ 34 2012 Hemp Oil Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 39 National Hemp Coop Fibre Variety Trial ................................................................................................. 46 2012 Variety Fibre Quality Trial Results ................................................................................................. 50 Canadian International Grains Institute Canada Western Red Spring Wheat Trial ................................................. 60 Korean Rye Variety Trial ........................................................................................................................................... 63 Western Feed Grains Development Cooperative Variety Trial................................................................................ 66 Participatory Wheat Breeding Project ..................................................................................................................... 69 WADO Flax Fibre Project 2013 ................................................................................................................................. 71 Performance of Brassica carinata varieties to Brassica napus................................................................................. 77 2 | P a g e Pepsico (Quaker) Oats Variety Trial ......................................................................................................................... 79 Agronomic Management of Soybeans in Manitoba ................................................................................................ 82 Ukrainian Apical Dominate or Terminal Florescent Soybeans 2013 ..................................................................... 114 Secan Soybean Variety Trial ................................................................................................................................... 119 Biological and economic implications of volunteer canola in soybean ................................................................. 121 4R Phosphorous Management for Soybean in the Northern Frontier: Rate and Placement Effects on Plant Stand, Biomass, and Seed Yield .................................................................................................................... 124 Herbicide Screening and the Effects of Linuron Herbicide Rates for Buckwheat Production ............................... 131 Herbicide Screening in Buckwheat ........................................................................................................................ 134 Intercropping Winter Wheat and Hairy Vetch ....................................................................................................... 135 Sunflower Intercropped with Hairy Vetch ............................................................................................................. 142 Effect of Banded and Topdressed Nitrogen in Pea-Canola Intercrops ................................................. 147 WADO Cover Crop Project – After Flax Fibre Production ...................................................................................... 156 What’s Giant Ragweed Doing in Southwest Manitoba? ........................................................................................ 158 FMC Chemical Demonstration ............................................................................................................................... 160 Effects of Genetic Sclerotinia Tolerance and Foliar Fungicide Applications on the Incidence and Severity of Sclerotinia Stem Rot Infection in Argentine Canola .......................................................................................... 163 Trials completed but no report completed in this reporting period ..................................................................... 181 Trials that were terminated during the season and not reported ........................................................................ 181 3 | P a g e 2013 Industry Partners (Alphabetical Order) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agrisoma ARDI – Agri-Food Research Development Initiative Arye Seeds – Minto, MB Barker’s Agri-Centre - Melita BASF Boissevain Select Seeds Canada Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre- Carberry Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance Canadian International Grains Institute Ducks Unlimited Canada Fisher Farms - Wawanesa FMC Agricultural Solutions Gowan Agro Canada Ellis Seeds – Wawanesa Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives – Crops Branch and GO Teams Manitoba Beef Producers Manitoba Buckwheat Growers Association Manitoba Corn Growers Association Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team Manitoba Food Development Centre Manitoba Pulse Growers Association Melita Rink Committee National Sunflower Association of Canada Nestibo Agra Northstar Seeds Parkland Crop Diversification Foundation - Roblin Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers Paterson Grain Pepsico Foods Plains Industrial Hemp Processing Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute - Portage Prairies East Sustainable Agriculture Initiative – Arborg Renwick Farm - Elva RM of Arthur RM of Pipestone Rural Municipality of Arthur Secan Seeds Seed Manitoba Soya UK Ltd. – Southhampton, UK Tilbury Farms – Melita Town of Melita University of Manitoba University of Manitoba University of Saskatchewan (CDC) Western Feed Grains Development Cooperative – Minto, MB Winter Cereals Canada 4 | P a g e Farmer Co-operators – 2012-2013 Trial Locations Elliott Bros. - Reston Kendall Heise – Isabella Darren Peters - Boissevain Mike Fisher – Wawanesa Wayne White – Melita Ellis Seeds – Wawanesa Greig Farms – Melita, Elva Boissevain Select Seeds