Crops Publications

• Most of the fact sheets (FS) in the following list are available on-line, as indicated by hypertext links.
• Hard copies are available to Alberta residents by using the online order form or by calling 1-800-292-5697.
• Persons outside Alberta are asked to contact their own agriculture authorities for information more pertinent to their local conditions.

General
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Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS100/22-1	Using 1,000-Kernel Weight for Calculating Seeding Rates and Harvest Losses. Revised 2007.		html	pdf
100/25-1	Beneficial Management Practices: Environmental Manual for Crop Producers in Alberta. 2004.		html	pdf
FS100/32	Varieties of Cereal and Oilseed Crops for Alberta (Annual).		html	pdf	e-book
FS100/32-1	Irrigated Crop Recommendations. Revised 2008.		html	pdf
FS100/52-1	Bale Silage. 2003.		html	pdf
FS100/515-1	Pea-wheat Rotation in Southern Alberta.		html	pdf
FS100/541-1	Fertilizer Requirements of Irrigated Grain and Oilseed Crops. Revised 2013. -UPDATE-		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone
FS100/561-1	Crop Water Use and Requirements. Revised 2011.		html	pdf
FS100/561-2	Optimum Seeding Date and Rates for Irrigated Grain and Oilseed Crops. 2011.		html	pdf

General
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS110/632-1	Fusarium Head Blight of Barley and Wheat. Revised 2003.		html	pdf
110/632-3	Alberta Fusarium graminearum Management Plan. Revised 2012.		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone

Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS111/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Silage Corn in Southern Alberta. 2012.		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone

Wheat
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS112/10-1	Agronomic Management of Winter Wheat in Alberta. 2007.		html	pdf
FS112/11-1	Winter Wheat in the Parkland Area of Alberta. Revised 2012.		html	pdf
FS112/20-4	High Protein Wheat Production. Revised 2008.		html	pdf
FS112/541-1	Fertilizing Irrigated Soft White Spring Wheat.		html	pdf
FS112/542-1	Fertilizing Winter Wheat in Southern Alberta. 2000.		html	pdf
FS112/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Winter Wheat in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
FS112/561-2	Irrigation Scheduling for Spring Wheat in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
FS112/632-3	Wheat Streak Mosaic in Alberta and its Control.		html	pdf

Barley
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS114/20-2	Malting Barley. Revised 2009.		html	pdf.
FS114/50-1	Harvesting Hulless Barley. Revised 1999.		html	pdf
FS114/61-1	Storage of High Moisture Barley. Revised 1999.		html	pdf
FS114/540-1	Optimizing Barley Silage Production in Alberta. 2000.		html	pdf
FS114/540-2	Agronomic and Fertilizer Management of Barley in Alberta. 2008.		html	pdf
FS114/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Barley in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf

Rye
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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117/20-1	Fall Rye Production. Revised 2011.		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone

Other Grains
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS118/20-1	Triticale. Revised 2001.		html	pdf
FS118/20-2	Common Buckwheat. Revised 2001.		html	pdf

General
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS120/15-1	Growing Forage Legumes for Seed.		html	pdf
120/20-1	Alberta Forage Manual. 2nd Edition. $30.00		purchase info
FS120/22-3	Perennial Forage Establishment in Alberta. 2005.		html	pdf
FS120/45-1	How to Purchase High Quality Forage Seed. Revised 2009.		html	pdf
120/52-2	Silage Manual. $15.00		purchase info
FS538/120-1	Applying Manure on Perennial Forage: A Summary. 2006.		html	pdf
538/120-2	Applying Manure on Perennial Forage. 2006.		html	pdf

Legumes
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS121/531-5	Soil and Nutrient Management of Alfalfa. 2005.		html	pdf
FS121/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Alfalfa Hay in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
FS121/620-1	Insects Associated with Alfalfa Seed Production.		html	pdf
FS122/15-1	Red Clover Seed Production in Alberta.		html	pdf
123/20-2	Legume Green Manuring. 1993.		html

Grasses
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS127/15-1	Creeping Red Fescue Seed Production in the Peace River Region. 2000.		html	pdf
FS127/15-2	Timothy Seed Production in Western Canada. 2004.		html	pdf
FS127/15-3	Tall Fescue Seed Production in Western Canada. 2005.		html	pdf
FS127/20-1	Perennial Ryegrass Seed Production in Western Canada. 2004.		html	pdf
FS127/50-1	Harvesting Grass Seed.		html	pdf
FS127/541-1	Fertilizing Grass for Hay and Pasture. 2005.		html	pdf
FS127/541-2	Fertilizer and Nutrient Management of Timothy Hay. 2009.		html	pdf
FS127/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Timothy Hay in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
FS127/821-1	Cost and Returns Budget for Straight Seeded Certified Timothy. 2001.		html	pdf
FS127/821-2	Cost and Returns Budget for Creeping Red Fescue - Underseeded to Canola. 2001.		html	pdf
FS127/821-3	Cost and Returns Budget for Straight Seeded Creeping Red Fescue. 2001.		html	pdf
FS127/821-4	Cost and Returns Budget for Certified Timothy Seed Production Underseeded to Barley. 2001.		html	pdf
FS127/821-5	Cost and Returns Budget for Irrigated Perennial Ryegrass - Underseeded to Durum Wheat. 2001.		html	pdf

Pastures and Ranges
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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130/10-1	Alberta Tame Pasture Scorecard. 2004.		html	pdf
FS130/14-1	Range and Pasture Management When Dealing with Drought.		html	pdf
FS130/53-1	Grazing Tame Pastures Effectively. Revised 1998.		html	pdf
FS130/538-1	Nutrient Management on Intensively Managed Pastures. 2009.		html	pdf
FS133/20-1	Winter Cereals for Pasture.		html	pdf
FS134/06	Alberta Range Plants and Their Classification.		html	pdf
134/30-1	Common Plants of the Western Rangelands - Volume 1: Grasses and Grass-like Plants. $25.00		purchase info
134/30-2	Common Plants of the Western Rangelands - Volume 2: Trees and Shrubs. $20.00		purchase info
134/30-3	Common Plants of the Western Rangelands - Volume 3: Forbs. $30.00		purchase info
134/420-1	Northern Range Plants. $25.00.		purchase info
075-3	Working with the Weather: Improving Pasture Productivity. Revised 2006.		html	pdf
580-2	Growing Native Plants of Western Canada. $30.00		html	pdf

Canola
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS140/638-1	Clubroot Disease of Canola and Mustard. Revised 2011.		html	pdf	e-book
140/638-2	Alberta Clubroot Management Plan. Revised 2010.		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone
FS149/22-1	Alternative Date Seeding of Spring Canola. Revised 2000.		html	pdf
FS149/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Canola in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
FS149/632-3	Blackleg of Canola. Revised 1997.		html	pdf
FS149/632-4	Disease Forecasting for Sclerotinia White Stem Rot in Canola. Revised 2007.		html	pdf

Pulse Crops
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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142/20-1	Pulse Crops in Alberta. $25.00.		purchase info
FS142/20-2	Agronomic Management of Winter Pea and Winter Lentil in Alberta. 2013. -NEW-		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone
FS142/21-1	Land Rolling Guidelines for Pulse Crops in Western Canada. 2004.		html	pdf
FS142/32-1	Varieties of Pulse Crops for Alberta. Annual.		html	pdf	e-book
FS142/532-1	Irrigated Dry Bean Nutrient Requirements for Southern Alberta. Revised 2013. -UPDATE-		html	pdf	tablet/ smartphone
FS142/532-2	Pea Nutrient Requirements in Alberta. 2002.		html	pdf
FS142/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Dry Bean in Southern Alberta. Revised 2011.		html	pdf
FS142/561-2	Irrigation Scheduling for Pea in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf

Other Oil and Seed Crops
Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS143/20-1	Mustard Production for Alberta. 2010.		html	pdf
FS147/20-1	Canary Seed 1998.		html	pdf
FS147/20-2	Coriander. Revised 2008.		html	pdf
FS147/20-4	Caraway. Revised 2008.		html	pdf

Fibre Crops
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Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS153/830-1	Industrial Hemp Enterprise. Ag Ventures. 2000.		html	pdf

Sugar Crops
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Agdex No.	Title		Format
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FS171/561-1	Irrigation Scheduling for Sugar Beet in Southern Alberta. 2011.		html	pdf
171/821-5	Economics of Sugar Beet Production 2011. Issued 2013. -NEW-		html	pdf

Specialty Crops
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Agdex No.	Title		Format
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188/20-1	Commercial Echinacea Production. $25.00		purchase info
FS188/20-2	Rhodiola rosea: A High Value Crop. 2010.		html	pdf
FS630-1	Yellows Disease of Echinacea, Monarda and Caraway.		html	pdf
FS630-2	Diseases of Echinacea on the Canadian Prairies.		html	pdf

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