The price of wheat is on the rise and the push for higher yield is on. With the growing season starting out very dry across majority of the province, fungicides weren't really at the forefront of everyone’s minds. However, the last couple weeks we have been getting some much needed rain in many areas, and there’s more on the way. Last week was warm and humid, which can favor the development of disease. This brings forth the question of the most efficient and effective time to apply fungicide to protect your wheat crop from yield and quality robbing diseases.
Fungicide is a relatively expensive investment, so at what stage will you get the best return on that investment?
That’s what we chat about in this episode of Wheat Profit with our guest, Dr. Sheri Strydhorst. Dr. Strydhorst has recently joined Alberta Wheat and Barley commissions as their Agronomy Research Specialist and worked previously as a cereal agronomic research scientist with Alberta Agriculture. Her research focussed on maximizing the genetic potential of cultivars by using cultivar specific agronomic management.

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