crop spraying

Check inputs to ensure they’re customer approved

Manipulator, a plant growth regulator recently registered for wheat in Canada, 
hasn’t been approved in the United States yet

End-users and regulators are literally putting your grain under the microscope, measuring residues in the parts per trillion. That puts the onus on farmers to deliver grain that meets their standards or risk rejection. So, before applying inputs farmers should consult agri-retailers and grain buyers about what products markets are accepting and follow label directions

Editorial: The (not so) great farm smackdown

If you’ve ever watched “smackdown” wrestling on television, you have to admit it’s entertaining, in a perverse sort of way, watching those muscle-bound burly sorts strutting around pounding their chests like apes and shouting insults. Even when they are throwing punches or tossing each other out of the ring, it’s pretty obvious that it’s all