Between-Row Spraying Good Option, But Challenges Must Be Overcome

Spraying herbicides between rows to hit the weeds and not the crop could give producers more bang for their weed-control buck, but more research is needed, says Agriculture Canada research scientist Tom Wolf. Inter-row spraying has caught on in Australia, where farmers use hooded sprayers to apply non-select herbicide between rows. Wolf, an expert in

Monsanto Committed To Canola

Derek Penner was an infant when canola, a healthier derivative of rapeseed, was first developed in 1974 at the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Agriculture Canada. Last week, the youthful president of Monsanto Canada helped open Monsanto’s new $12-million canola-breeding centre at the U of M’s Smartpark. “It embodies Monsanto’s very best in research


Fewer Wheats At This Year’s Recommending Meeting

The committee that determines whether new wheats should be supported for registration had fewer candidates to consider this year than last. Members of the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) reviewed the data and cast their secret ballots here Feb. 25 before their morning coffee break. A year ago it took until