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Feb 19, 2019

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New crop varieties and variety tables are now available. Harry Brook, crop specialist at the Ag-Info Centre, discusses how to interpret the information, and how to make decisions on what variety to grow.

Interview with Harry Brook (2:36 minutes) (1.19 Mb)

I’ll have more with Brook on tomorrow’s program on other things to consider when looking at new varieties.

Source : Alberta agriculture and forestry

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