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Mar 31, 2015

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Alberta’s Provincial Oilseed Specialist Murray Hartman discusses selecting canola varieties and how to make adjustments to deal with variance in seed size.

visit www.canolaperformancetrials.ca for grower funded, independent variety test results

Tags: seeding, stand establishment, varieties

Source: Alberta Canola Producers Commission

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