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Is this Peas with a Bad Case of Mustard?…No, it’s Peaola!

Posted on November 20, 2019 (November 4, 2019) by Scott Banks

Jennifer and Mike Doelman farm near Douglas, Ontario where Mike spoke about their experience growing peaola at a recent Soil Network event. The Ontario Soil Network goal is improving Ontario’s Soils. Growing peaola is the intercropping of peas and canola together in the same field, at the same time. Figure 1 shows the Doelman’s 2019 […]

Summer Seeding Oats For Extra Forage

Posted on July 23, 2012 (April 22, 2016) by Joel Bagg

Seeding oats in late-July or early-August following wheat for an early-October harvest can be a useful low-cost option for extending forage supplies. Oats can make good feed when harvested at the correct stage of maturity and made into “oatlage” or baleage. Oats are more frost tolerant in the fall than sorghums, and can continue growth […]