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Farmers wanting to terminate their forage stands and go back to an annual crop should take their time.

Trevor Lennox, Swift Current Regional Forage Specialist with the Ministry of Agriculture, says ideally, producers should plan the termination the year before you plant the annual crop.

“Just prior to harvesting the hay, people apply glyphosate letting that chemical on the roots to kill the forge and then harvesting the crop off as wealthy. So using that year as the termination year and the next year focusing on growing the actual crop”

Lennox adds it's a more delicate process for farmers who want to do both in the same year.

“If everything lines up and you get  good rain. It can work, but you've got to realize that you've got to let that forge crop first grow before you can spray it so you're gonna have late seeding on that land. You're also gonna have moisture depleted a lot in that land.”

Lennox adds it's a more delicate process for farmers who want to terminate forages in the same year as they want to plant annuals, saying delayed seeding and moisture depletion could result on that land.