Winter canola offers benefits in wheat rotation

Morgan Rose
Aug 4, 2021
Aug 4, 2021

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With wheat being the dominant crop across the state of Montana, growers are always on the lookout for other crop varieties to add into their rotations. Benefiting the soil and offering solid yields, winter canola is showing to be a crop that can do more than help a farmer’s bottom line.

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