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    Are Your VR Tools Ready?
    • Apr 26
    • 3 min

    Are Your VR Tools Ready?

    Cloud services, USB sticks, and rate controllers/monitors are all tools that need to be cared for and used properly so your VR program is...
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    Spring Meltdown: Where Will Nutrients Go?
    • Mar 23
    • 2 min

    Spring Meltdown: Where Will Nutrients Go?

    Soil moisture levels will be off to a good start this spring. With extra moisture comes the question, “Where will the soil nutrients go?”
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    Addressing Copper Deficiency with SWAT MAPS
    • Feb 4
    • 4 min

    Addressing Copper Deficiency with SWAT MAPS

    Copper deficiency caught CropPro’s eye in 2019 when a client had asked about some brown-gray patches appearing in his cereal field (Figure 1
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    Take Advantage of Free Drainage Plans
    • Feb 1
    • 2 min

    Take Advantage of Free Drainage Plans

    Drainage plans are a bonus map we can make free of charge on fields that have been SWAT-MAPPED. RTK elevation or Lidar is required to model
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    Why You Should Soil Test and Variable-Rate Your Fertilizer
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Why You Should Soil Test and Variable-Rate Your Fertilizer

    With high fertilizer prices and lower moisture levels, there is potential in soil testing to allocate nutrients to where they are needed.
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    Field Selection for Growing a Pulse (Peas & Lentils)
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Field Selection for Growing a Pulse (Peas & Lentils)

    With current moisture conditions and record high fertilizer prices, growing a pulse crop has some advantages. There are many factors to ...
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    Understanding the Variability of Yield Potential
    • Nov 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Understanding the Variability of Yield Potential

    CropPro has been partnered with Bourgault Industries on their research farm since 2015. The SWAT MAPS program has allowed Bourgault ...
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    Soil Testing During a Drought: What to Expect
    • Oct 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Soil Testing During a Drought: What to Expect

    The 2021 farming season was one for the books. With the extreme heat and little to no rain, crops had a hard time growing and producing...
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    Conserving Soil Moisture
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Conserving Soil Moisture

    As combines roll and fall work begins, there are several management strategies we can practice to manage dry conditions in the smartest...
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    Dry Years and Potassium Deficiency Variability
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    Dry Years and Potassium Deficiency Variability

    Background soil potassium (K) levels vary drastically across the prairie provinces. A significant portion of land has adequate levels of...
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    Fungicide: Does it Pay to Spray?
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Fungicide: Does it Pay to Spray?

    For the growers who often question if it’s worth spraying fungicides, variable rate through on/off prescriptions can be the answer to saving
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    The Importance of Seeding by Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW)
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Importance of Seeding by Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW)

    It is very important to take the time during the winter to create a crop plan for successful plant stand establishment come spring.
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    3 Things to Consider Before Applying Sulphur in the Fall
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    3 Things to Consider Before Applying Sulphur in the Fall

    With harvest having wrapped up in some areas and others nearing the finish line, it is time to start thinking about applying fall...
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    Case Study: Sulphur Soil Testing by Zone
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Case Study: Sulphur Soil Testing by Zone

    There are several different ways to soil sample a field: random, benchmark, topographic and grid, to name a few. At CropPro, we sample by ou
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    How to Collect Quality Yield Data
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    How to Collect Quality Yield Data

    Yield data has developed a bad reputation for being difficult to obtain, inaccurate and time consuming. It does not have to be that way. T
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    Root Maggots in Canola
    • Aug 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Root Maggots in Canola

    Root maggots come from flies laying their small white eggs near the soil surface of canola plants. Maggots will hatch in 3-10 days depending
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    "New" Insect: Canola Flower Midge
    • Jul 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    "New" Insect: Canola Flower Midge

    As you are walking through flowering/podding canola you may notice some plants looking like the photo to the right. These unopened flower ga
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    Manipulator Application and Timing
    • Jun 2, 2020
    • 2 min

    Manipulator Application and Timing

    Manipulator is a plant growth regulator with the active ingredient chlormequat. It is registered on wheat (durum, spring and winter). It doe
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    Cutworms: Scouting and Management
    • May 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cutworms: Scouting and Management

    Cutworms are a pest in many crops. Although they are most often found in canola, peas and lentils, they will also feed on cereals and other
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    Flea Beetles: Scouting and Management
    • May 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Flea Beetles: Scouting and Management

    Flea beetles were a major concern last spring in most areas of Western Canada. The combination of dry and cold weather slowed canola growth
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