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Organic Extension Resources - Manitoba
A. Field Crops
- NEW!! Grazed Green Manures (Natural Systems Agriculture)
- NEW!! Grazed Green Manures: Phase 2 - The Next Crop (Natural Systems Agriculture)
- NEW!! Avoiding Spray Drift on Organic Farms (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Cover Crops for Weed Management in Organic Systems (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Growing Legume Crops for Nitrogen (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Guidelines for Estimating Organic Crop Production Costs - 2009 (Manitoba)(PDF, 4.8MB)
- NEW!! Insect and Disease Management in Organic Crop Systems (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Organic Crop Production FAQs (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Organic Farming and Noxious Weeds (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Weed Management in Organic Crop Systems (Manitoba)
- Farmers Encouraged to Take Part in Participatory Wheat Breeding Program
- Grasshopper species to watch for on the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains
- Increasing mycorrhizal colonization with innoculants
- Increasing phosphorus availability through green manure, composted manure and rock phosphate (OACC)
- Management of sweet clover for nitrogen supply, soil conservation and weed control (OACC)
- Organiculture: Main Organic Webpage of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
- Organic low-till research in Prairie Canada (OACC)
- Seeding rate for weed control in organic spring wheat (OACC)
B. Soils
- NEW!! Fertility Management in Organic Crop Systems (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Nutrient Value of Crop Residue (Manitoba)
- Increasing mycorrhizal colonization with innoculants (OACC)
- Increasing phosphorus availability through green manure, composted manure and rock phosphate (OACC)
- Lowering Soil Erosion Risk in Organic Cropping Systems (OACC)
- Organic low-till research in Prairie Canada
C. Livestock
- NEW!! Guidelines for Estimating Organic Backgrounding Costs for Feeder Calves (Manitoba)(PDF, 7.5MB)
- NEW!! Guidelines for Estimating Organic Cow-Calf Production Costs (Manitoba)(PDF, 8.9MB)
- NEW!! Maintaining Healthy Pastures (Manitoba)
- NEW!! Organic Livestock Production FAQs (Manitoba)