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How can Various Cultivars Influence the History of a Crop?

Older varieties of crops are not widely seen growing in fields today, but their impacts on the agricultural industry will never be forgotten. The December 7th Sustainable, Secure Food Blog highlights the legacy behind Madsen, a wheat cultivar that shaped today’s wheat production.
 
Blogger Arron Carter explains, “Madsen’s legacy has gone far beyond commercial production. Madsen has been the parent of over 45 released cultivars, many of which were the lines that replaced it in commercial production. It is used as a parent mainly because of the excellent disease resistance it has to common diseases of the Pacific Northwest.”
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Presented by Brad & Karen Davis, owners of Black Kreek Ranch, Anita O'Brien, Grazing Mentor, and Christine O'Reilly, Forage & Grazing Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Watch each video from this event to learn about grazing tips, water systems, setting up fencing, working with net fencing, electric fencing tips, grass growth and managing grazing, gates and laneways, and frost seeding.