and a look forward to 2019 Jessica Pratchler, PAg Research Manager 2018 NARF Update and a look forward to 2019 Jessica Pratchler, PAg Research Manager You have 30 min total

Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation Started in 1997 to provide producer directed research Part of the Agri-ARM organization Mission: Develop NE and Saskatchewan based agronomic recommendations Priority Areas: Minor crops (ie. oats, forages, faba beans, etc.) and integrated disease management SIA AgUpdate 2019

Total number of projects A year in review Project type ADOPT Funded Commodity Groups Other (Univ/AAFC, etc.) Private Total number of  projects 8 22 13 7 % of Funding 16% 44% 26% 14% SIA AgUpdate 2019

Grain Crop Agronomy Pulse Management of Aphanomyces for root health Faba bean herbicide timing, seeding rate interactions, re-cropping, tolerance, and efficacy SIA AgUpdate 2019

Control of glyphosate resistant canola in glyphosate tolerant Soybeans Objectives Demonstrate the efficacy of specific pre and post-emergent herbicide layering options for the control of glyphosate resistant vol. canola in glyphosate tolerant soybeans Methods Glyphosate +/- Blackhawk, Authority, Express SG, Heat LQ Glyphosate +/- Viper ADV SIA AgUpdate 2019

Control of glyphosate resistant canola in glyphosate tolerant Soybeans Results Low vol. canola/late flush: Viper ADV controlled vol. RR Canola by 85% and 28% yield increase High vol. canola/early flush: All pre-seed tank-mixes provided 60% control of vol. RR Canola and 36% yield increase. Viper ADV increased control to 90% and 68% yield increase. Moral of the story: Scout, scout, scout. The time to herbicide layer will be dependent on when the flush of weeds occurs. SIA AgUpdate 2019

Grain Crop Agronomy Oilseed Pre-harvest options for straight cut canola Canola seeding rate for seed size Phosphorus management in canola Flax response to N and P fertilizers SIA AgUpdate 2019

Grain Crop Agronomy Cereal FHB management in producer fields POST-anthesis UAN for wheat protein Input contributions for wheat yield, quality, and profit Wheat varietal response to manipulator

Intensive Wheat Agronomy Cultivar Class Fusarium Resistance Lodging resistance Maturity Yield Protein Carberry CWRS Marginally Resistant Very Good 99 100 14.6 AAC Cameron VB Intermediate Fair -2 118 -0.7 CDC Utmost VB Marginally Susceptible 112 -0.4 AC Andrew CWSWS +2 137 NA SY Rowyn CPSR -1 107 -1.1 AC Ryley Poor 110 -1.2 SIA AgUpdate 2019

Intensive Wheat Agronomy Management Seed Treatment Seeding Rate (viable seeds/m2) Nitrogen fertility (lb/ac N) Phosphorus fertility (lb/ac P2O5) Fungicide at Flag Leaf Fungicide at Anthesis PGR Application Conventional No 200 75 25 Enhanced 300 98 33 Yes Intensive 360 120 40 SIA AgUpdate 2019

Intensive Wheat Agronomy Source Melfort Yorkton Indian Head Scott Swift Current Variety (V) <0.001** <0.001*** 0.044* Management (M) 0.206 V *M 0.548 0.095 0.093 0.059 0.361   Grand Mean 71.7 77.4 71.2 93.5 44.6 CV 13.8 8.95 4.63 4.45 13.59 SIA AgUpdate 2019

Intensive Wheat Agronomy Variety Melfort Yorkton Indian head Scott Swift Current ALL Carberry 65.8b 69.3c 68.7c 87.0c 45.2a 67.2 AAC Cameron 68.0b 70.0c 68.0c 86.3c 43.5ab CDC Utmost VB 73.5b 68.1c 68.3c 88.3c 44.3ab 68.5 AC Andrew 84.3a 96.4a 81.0a 108.1a 47.7a 83.5 SY Rowyn 67.6b 80.6b 71.7b 95.5b 39.9b 71.1 AAC Ryley 71.0b 80.2b 69.4bc 96.1b 46.8a 72.7 SIA AgUpdate 2019

Intensive Wheat Agronomy 8 to 10 bu/ac Roughly 8 to 10 bu/ac increase between management units SIA AgUpdate 2019

Intensive Wheat Agronomy Conventional Enhanced Intensive RETURNS PER ACRE*  Car. Cam. Ut. And. Row. Ry. Melfort 103 57 100 32 -41 1 104 78 207 30 2 -3 67 63 200 80 -6 -23 Scott 208 217 187 145 288 209 240 194 167 146 228 233 250 193 176 163 Economically, Carberry was similar in conventional and enhanced, cameron was similar, Utmost double income by increasing enhanced and intensive, Andrew margins were smaller but nearly trippled under intesnive. Growing prairie spring in the area was not idea and resulted in zero or net losses. SIA AgUpdate 2019

Grain Crop Agronomy Cereal Multi-crop Oat disease management Nitrogen stabilizers for nitrogen use efficiency Oat agronomy basics Crop Sequencing Barley management for feed vs malt 4R nitrogen management in winter wheat Winter Wheat varietal response to seeding date SIA AgUpdate 2019

Oat Variety Testing SIA AgUpdate 2019

Forage Crop Agronomy Legumes Forage legume variety trials: seed and biomass yields Herbicide screening for established red and alsike clovers Red clover seeding rates SIA AgUpdate 2019

Effects of Red and Alsike Clover Seed Crops in Rotation Objectives Demonstrate the effect of cover crop on red and alsike clover seed production Demonstrate the use of Odyssey and Viper ADV for weed control Demonstrate the effect of short-term legume seed crops have. On reduced N fertilizer requirements in wheat crop rotations Demonstrate direct seeding of wheat into red and alsike clover residue SIA AgUpdate 2019

Effects of Red and Alsike Clover Seed Crops in Rotation 1 Red Clover/ Clearfield Canola Red Clover Wheat 2 3 Alsike Clover/ Clearfield Canola Alsike Clover 4 5a Clearfield Canola Peas Wheat – 0 kg N/ha 5b Wheat – 40 N 5c Wheat – 80 N 5d Wheat – 120 N 5e Wheat – 160 N SIA AgUpdate 2019

Alsike Under seeded to Canola June 2018 Alsike Under seeded to Canola Alsike without cover August 2017: clover with no cover was very weedy but with canola cover it was very clean May 2018: with no cover, both clovers were 7 inches tall and healthy but with cover 3.5 inches and very sparsely populated (plant density was significantly reduced)

Red Under seeded to Canola June 2018 Red Under seeded to Canola Red Without Cover SIA AgUpdate 2019

Effects of Red and Alsike Clover Seed Crops in Rotation SIA AgUpdate 2019

Effects of Red and Alsike Clover Seed Crops in Rotation Economics Red Clover - $1.00; Alsike Clover – $1.25; Canola – $11.50; Peas – $ 6.50 Companion - $423; no companion - $ 260; canola/pea - $453 Clover Canola Total Red Clover/ Canola $ 400.20 $ 338.64 $ 738.84 Red Clover $ 690.30 $ 690.3 Alsike Clover/Canola $ 421.88 $ 265.56 $ 687.44 Alsike Clover $ 92.7 Canola (Pea) $ 555.18 Including a forage legume may be more economical than having peas (will look at the nitrogen contribution next year). Alsike better to have a companion crop, as eventhough stands might be reduced, it can still yield more Red clover is still better with a companion crop, but if the yields were the same between the treatments, that margin might be tigher and it might be more economical to grow alone SIA AgUpdate 2019

Forage Crop Agronomy Grasses Forage corn agronomy Forage grass variety trials: seed and biomass yields Annual Ryegrass for seed production: herbicides, fertility, and PGRs Slender Wheatgrass for seed production: herbicides and PGRs

Evaluating the placement of Companion Crops for Forage Establishment and seed production Objectives demonstrating the effectiveness of alternate row companion crop planting for establishing forage seed crops demonstrating the agronomic and economic advantages of alternate row planting

Evaluating the placement of Companion Crops for Forage Establishment and seed production Treatment # Main Crop Companion Crop Placement 1 Meadow Bromegrass Alone 9” 2 18” 3 Wheat 9” (Same Rows) 4 18” (Alternative Rows) 5 Wheat (Canola 2018) 6 Methodology Meadow Bromegrass at 5 lb/ac Wheat at 90 lb/ac Canola (9 inch spacing only) at 85 plants /m2 Brome through seed opener & Wheat through side-band opener 18inch rows diverted from two 9 inches = same SR throughout 90 lb/ac N; 25 or 13 lb/ac P; 15 lb/ac S Registered pest management products SIA AgUpdate 2019

June 2018 Meadow Brome on 9 inch Meadow Brome on 18 inch SIA AgUpdate 2019

July 2018 Meadow Brome on 9 inch Meadow Brome on 18 inch

June 2018 18 inch Alternative Row 9 inch Same Row SIA AgUpdate 2019

July 2018 18 inch Alternative Row 9 inch Same Row

Evaluating the placement of Companion Crops for Forage Establishment and seed production Economics $2/lb for Meadow Brome; $6/bu for Wheat $222 for Meadow Brome alone; $232 for Meadow Brome + Wheat Mix; $127 for Wheat alone Treatment 2015 2018 Meadow Brome 9” $ 1,433 - $ 40 Meadow Brome 18” $ 1,570 - $ 70 Same Row 9” $ 576 - $ 228 Alternative Row 18” $ 688 - $ 193 Wheat 9” $ 239 $ 396 Wheat 18” $ 221 $ 351 SIA AgUpdate 2019

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What’s in store for 2019 Winter wheat nitrogen placement and timing options Nitrogen management in soybeans Solid seeding strategies for Dry bean production Phosphorus application in fall rye P and jumpstart interactions in canola FHB management in cereals Shallow vs. deep banding urea Continuation of multi-year trials UAN vs dissolved urea Pre-harvest treatments for flax dry down and harvestability Managing barley for malt

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