Lease land

Farmland

Lease Land is a privately owned 170-acre field leased by Lakeland College under a 3-year agreement. The land is used by agricultural sciences students for hands-on field experience, including harvesting.

Activity history

Seeding and growing season

Field information

Acres	170
Crop type	Barley
Crop variety	Churchill

Manure applications

Manure application	Solid
Manure application season	Spring

Pesticides applications

Pre-seeding application	Prepass Flex/Roundup
First in-crop application	Axial/Pixxaro

Important dates

Seeding date	May 26

Yield

Yield	5.7 tonnes/acre

Weather throughout season

Month	Total precipitation (mm)	Avg. air temperature (celcius)	Temperature (min/max)
April	7.7	5	-11.9/22.2
May	44.4	13.4	-0.2/30.9
June	37.3	15.1	0.2/27.1
July	26.5	17	1.3/31.3
August	44	17.9	2.0/34.0

Total precipitation: 159.9 mm

Crop plans are developed by the SMF crop team.
Faculty advise students.
When activities, such as seeding, occur when students aren't at college, the SMF team's plans are put in place by Lakeland faculty and farm staff.

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