Application of Liquid Humic to Wheat and Barley
Agricultural humic acid products have the potential to increase crop yields by helping plants take up nutrients more easily through the promotion of soil microbial activity. Humic acids can also stabilize soil structure in compacted soils, increasing water holding capacity while preventing erosion. There are numerous humic products available in Alberta that can be applied as either a granular or liquid soil amendment. Liquid humic is usually applied at seeding or as a foliar spray at the two to four leaf stage. This research trial investigates whether humic acid boosts cereal crop yields and grain quality in a dry growing season in Northern Alberta’s Peace Region.
This small plot trial studies the effect of liquid humic application at seeding on the performance of wheat and barley in heavy clay soils. The humic product sourced from Twin Rivers Farms was applied in furrow at a rate of 1 gal/ac. The crop varieties used in the trial were AAC Wheatland CWRS wheat and CDC Copeland barley.
Agricultural humic acid products have the potential to increase crop yields by helping plants take up nutrients more easily through the promotion of soil microbial activity. Humic acids can also stabilize soil structure in compacted soils, increasing water holding capacity while preventing erosion. There are numerous humic products available in Alberta that can be applied as either a granular or liquid soil amendment. Granular humalite is usually applied in-furrow at seeding. This research trial investigates whether humalite application will boost crop yields and grain quality in a dry growing season in Northern Alberta’s Peace Region. This small plot trial studies the effect of a granular humic product on the performance of canola and oats in heavy clay soils. Humalite was applied in furrow at a rate between 0-125 lb/ac. The crop varieties used in the trial were CS 3300 canola and AC Morgan oats.
This study aims to report significant findings in yellow pea, wheat and canola yield, test weight, protein content in wheat as well as oil content in canola seed obtained from intercrop systems fed under various percentages of N fertilizer rates in comparison to monocrop yields of these cash crops fed at 100% of N fertilizer rate. Moreover, weed cover is also evaluated in order to observe if more weeds are found under intercrop compared to monocrop systems and how this can be affected under different N rates.
Relay cropping is when a cash crop is sown early in the growing season and within a month or so, a second crop is then seeded. This is conducted by taking advantage of the fact that the first crop planted has not grown tall enough to be ruined by machinery while placing the second crop into the ground. Possible benefits include the reduction of soil erosion from air and water after the end of the growing season and the maintenance of a living root system during the cold months of the year.