Western Producer: Cover crops pose challenge for Prairie farmers

Cover crops can provide benefits, but incorporating them into other cropping systems, especially when growing herbicide-tolerant crops including canola, can be a challenge.

That’s the topic of the latest research by Yvonne Lawley, an associate professor in the University of Manitoba plant science department. She was the key speaker at a July 25 online seminar on cover cropping strategies, hosted by the Manitoba Association of Watersheds.

Lawley has been working with graduate student Janelle Gawiak and Bruce Cole of the University of Saskatchewan and Linda Corman of the University of Alberta to focus on canola herbicide tolerance systems, including Roundup, Liberty Link and Clearfield.

You can read the full article in the Western Producer.