At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson came across a new tool in the fight to control soybean aphids.
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VIDEO: Smartphone app offers info on spraying soybean aphids
Want to know when is the best time to spray your soybeans? Check out the Aphid Advisor
Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware
New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday announced a
VIDEO: Avoiding drift when spraying dicamba on Xtend soybeans
Crop Diagnostic School: Terry Buss with Manitoba Agriculture offers some advice for producers
Tips to avoid drift when applying dicamba to Roundup Ready 2 Xtend Soybeans were part of the 2017 Crop Diagnostic School at the University of Manitoba’s Carman research station on July 5. Terry Buss, Manitoba Agriculture’s Farm Production Extension Specialist for Pulses, spoke with Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson about what steps producers should take
Minogue: Back to school for hands-on learning
On the first day of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s annual Crop Diagnostic School about 100 ag retailers, agronomists and farmers gathered in Swift Current to get a hands-on look at common real-world crop problems. Anyone working in agriculture today has 24/7 access to online information about crop disease and pests, but there is no substitute for seeing
Is extra-early spring seeding worth the risk?
Our History: April 2012
If this year’s early spring is making you itchy to get out there, there may be a lesson in this photo of MAFRD oilseed specialist Anastasia Kubinec seeding canola at the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm at Carman April 5, 2012. Farmers were calling to ask if extra-early seeding was worth the risk, so the
VIDEO: Research on volunteer canola in soybean crops
Crop Diagnostic School: Wider rows, integrated management being studied to pressure volunteer canola
At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Rob Gulden, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba, spoke about current and ongoing research to address the problem of volunteer canola in soybean crops. Wide row spacing and integrated management techniques with cereal crops are being tested as well as combining herbicide groups for in-crop application to measure
VIDEO: Herbicide resistance and “old soil-applied” solutions for weeds
Crop Diagnostic School: Know your target weed issues... and weeds that have caused you trouble in the past
To help keep herbicide-resistant weeds at bay, some older soil-applied products are rejoining the fight. At the 2015 Crop Diagnostic School, Jeanette Gaultier, pesticide use specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about which herbicide-resistant weeds producers should watch for and what they need to consider before choosing a herbicide for their situation.
VIDEO: Count your flowers before deciding to spray canola for sclerotinia
Crop Diagnostic School: Whether your pants get wet when walking through the field can tell you if it's a good time to spray a fungicide
Assessing your canola crop during the flowering stage is essential to discover if sclerotinia is present and if a fungicide can be of benefit. In this video from the 2015 Crop Diagnostic School, Anastasia Kubinec of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD), talks about the risk factors for the fungal disease and offers tips for canola
VIDEO: Successful nodulation in soybeans
Crop Diagnostic School: Very dry or wet soil conditions can make rhizobium establishment difficult
Soil problems and poor inoculation are two common issues facing Manitoba soybean growers each year. One area of research being studied is how acidic soil can affect soybean inoculation. But as John Heard, crop nutrition specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development shows, what the textbook tells us doesn’t always dictate what happens in the field.
Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School focuses on topics important to agronomists
July 17 is set aside for farmers only to attend with a reduced registration fee
This year’s Manitoba Crop Diagnostic School is expected to sell out — again. As of last week there were still some openings July 16 and for farmers only — July 17, said Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). “We’re pretty much sold out,” she said in an interview June 25. “I
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