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Saskatchewan's Crop Diagnostic School Goes Digital

Saskatchewan's Crop Diagnostic School is moving to a virtual format this year.
 
Typically, a one-day in-person event, this year, it will be a free webinar event that will run over four days from July 27th to 30th.
 
Crops Extension Specialist Sara Tetland says the webinars will run every morning for one or two hours and will be hosted by Department Specialists and Agriculture Scientists.
 
“Some topics that we are having this year include weed identification, tank-mix order, tank cleanout, soil fertility, and soil profiles, insects, intercropping, disease and pre-harvest appraisals.”
 
This year’s event is free and is being hosted at the South East Research Farm near Redvers.
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