Troy Turner

Agronomist for the National Sunflower Association of Canada. Tweets are my own.

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#SJFD Hearing some attractive contract prices for sunflowers at the St.Jean Farm Days. Get there today to check it out.

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#2017sunflower Thinking of growing sunflowers in 2017? Have questions? Let #canadasunflower help you. Contact us at https://t.co/xSf8Gtu0B9

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#moneymaker Check it out #NSAC Cost of Production worksheet. Click here. https://t.co/0WLdgpiYVD.

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#NSAC , #sunflowertrialdata , Results are in from 2016 Variety Performance Trials.
Click her for results https://t.co/OFZnA47yx3

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#precipitation Have you seen the accumulation and percent average maps?
Click here. https://t.co/qVTRIuUfLn , https://t.co/5n6yR3UOzD #NSAC

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#knowyourbottomline Looking for a crop to increase your farms bottom line in 2017? Check it out #NSAC https://t.co/iWaIVbLWHw

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#sunflowerdesiccation Why desiccate? Provides faster and more even dry down. Helps avoid loss from birds, shatter, lodging, and headrot.

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#Headrot Rain rain stay away so we can keep Head Rot at bay. Started to find Head Rot last week in producer fields.

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NSAC is looking for producers with 2015 oilseed sunflowers in the bin still. We are looking for 5MT. Email [email protected]

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@CanadaSunflower From R-6 stage to R-9 (physiological maturity) usually takes 35-40 days. This puts desiccation timing about mid September

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@CanadaSunflower See this weeks Insect Report from MAFRD https://t.co/wHPGC134ma

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Be sure to check out our news letter at https://t.co/zTp0K5JVnP. Our latest edition is now out.

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@canadasunflower Conditions are right for #downymildew Picture courtesy of Field 2 Field agronomist Jason Voogt

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2016sunflower Finding #DownyMildew this week. Picture courtesy of Jason Voogt of Field 2 Field Agronomy Inc.

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@WADOresearch NSAC will be there.

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Sunflower trivia. Did you know that the world record for the tallest sunflower is 30 feet one inch tall! @CanadaSunflower

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Emerging sunflowers @CanadaSunflower

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These can give sunflower growers nightmares! @CanadaSunflower Check your fields today.

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A Dingy cutworm feeding. #@canadasunflower

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#2016sunflower Micro trial for potential cutworm control. Will it work? Follow along and see. @canadasunflower