CROP SCENE INVESTIGATION – 31: Why was excess residue accumulating in Richard’s fields?

by BERNARD TOBIN

How growers manage crop harvest residues in their fields can have a huge impact on the performance of the crops that follow.

For the past two years, Brian Hall, an Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs edible beans and canola specialist, has been working with Richard, a Wellington county grower, to help him manage the high levels of residue remaining in his canola fields after harvest.

Better Farming - February 2011