What’s on your spring burnoff checklist?
It’s been a long, cool spring and farmers have had extra time for field preparations. Sprayers and seeders are poised and ready for action and, when the temperature hits growing degrees, everything...
View ArticleIs the water in your sprayer neutering your herbicide?
Clint Jurke had never, not once, tested the quality of his sprayer water until a colleague said it would make a good topic for an article. “I like to think I’m pretty good at agronomy,” said Jurke,...
View ArticleAt Ag in Motion: Harvest weed control still in the mix
It’s a relatively new solution to the age-old problem of trying to get rid of weeds without broadcasting the seed or using increasingly less effective herbicides — mechanical separation and...
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At Ag in Motion: Herbicide resistance fight needs integrated seed management
Harvest weed-seed control takes aim at reducing herbicide-resistant weeds that western Canadian farmers find more and more every year. At the Ag in Motion outdoor farm show this week, field residue...
View ArticleThe do’s and don’ts of desiccation
It is time to think about desiccation and pre-harvest weed control. “We’ve had some really good, hot weather for harvesting, so it really hasn’t been a year that we’ve had to talk much about...
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Waterhemp on the rise
Manitoba’s ag sector is trying to hold the line against big yield-killing threats like waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. Unfortunately, the number of municipalities where waterhemp has been found just...
View ArticlePalmer amaranth pops back up in Ontario
A single plant that showed up this summer on the edge of a southwestern Ontario cornfield is cause for concern among Canadian farmers, weed specialists warn. Writing Monday in the ag ministry’s Field...
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Early harvest opens options for fall weed control
[UPDATED: Oct. 11, 2023] An early harvest gives farmers the opportunity to get ahead of weeds for next season, says Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown. Weeds have had ample time to grow...
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Agritechnica update: Give a big shock to weeds
Farmers are being pushed to find an alternative to desiccants to burn down crops, as companies are increasingly leery of herbicides approved close to harvest. People have been shocking weeds with...
View ArticleUS court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers
Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. court has nullified the government’s latest approvals of certain agricultural herbicides sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the...
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