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Home / Canola Watch / VIDEO: Quick tips for drill prep

  • Plant establishment
  • Seeding depth
  • April 22, 2020 – Issue 6
April 22, 2020

VIDEO: Quick tips for drill prep

This video provides a quick overview of the drill-prep steps outlined in this full article. If you want to go whole-hog on multimedia, you might as well listen to this drill prep podcast, too.

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