How to Make Money in Grains and Oilseeds workshop

Published on January 12, 2012; Published on January 12, 2012

A workshop is being held at Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island Jan. 17-18 to provide producers with information to help them increase the productivity and profitability of oilseed and cereal crops.

Topics :: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada , PEI Department of Agriculture , Canada-Prince Edward Island Growing Forward , Grains

Those attending will be able to learn from fellow PEI producers’ experiences in the sector.

There will be presentations on:

• The challenges and opportunities in growing soybeans, canola and other oilseeds in rotation with potatoes (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists Aaron Mills and Richard Martin)

• Soybean crop production, management practices and common soybean and canola diseases that may affect production

• Opportunities for specialty field crops like crambe, rapeseed, flax and borage

• What crops and varieties to grow and fungicides to use to fight Fusarium Head Blight (Richard Martin)

• National and international policy and trade issues that affect PEI farmers

The workshop is in partnership with the PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry, together with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, through the Canada-Prince Edward Island Growing Forward agreement.

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