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Iowa weed scientist wades into glyphosate controversy at Ag Days

By Daniel Winters February 6, 2013

Is glyphosate the greatest thing since sliced bread or an agronomic catastrophe waiting to happen? There’s not solid evidence for the latter, but there is some cause for concern, according to a presentation by agronomy expert Bob Hartzler at Ag Days. “Based on my experience in Iowa, where we have 22 million acres of Roundup

News, Opinion

A penny a plant?

By Laura Rance-Unger January 30, 2013

Back in the days when being a farm kid spelled work and a penny was still worth five Mojos at the local store, Grandpa had us all out there one hot, July afternoon hand roguing his seed oats for a penny a plant. If some agronomists are correct, it’s looking like farm kids of the

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Weeding out resistant weeds the old-fashioned way

By Lorraine Stevenson January 30, 2013

If hand roguing a commercial farm field in Manitoba seems like an outlandish investment of your time, you might reconsider after seeing Ingrid Kristjanson’s photos from North Dakota. Judging from the astonished whistles by some in the St. Jean Farm Days audience earlier this month, the farmers in attendance were inspired, to say the least,

Crops, News

Practise zero tolerance to avoid resistant weeds

By Angela Lovell January 17, 2013

If Canadian farmers want to avoid the fate of their U.S. counterparts struggling with glyphosate-resistant weeds such as kochia, waterhemp, and common and giant ragweed, then they’d better practise zero tolerance, says an American weed scientist. “That means no survival rate and no weed seed production,” researcher Jeff Stachler told attendees at the Manitoba Agronomists

Crops, Oilseeds

Manitoba farmers need their own plan for soybean fertility

By Angela Lovell January 6, 2013

Fertility management for soybeans isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Fertilizer management decisions are often specific to soils, local growing conditions and factors such as the price of inputs, high soybean prices, as well as other crops in the rotation. Dr. Gyles Randall of the University of Minnesota recently shared some insights at the Manitoba Agronomists Conference

Crops, Oilseeds

Nutraceutical firm seeks borage growers

By Daniel Winters December 6, 2012

Borage has been prized for its curative powers since ancient times. In Roman times, the naturalist Pliny regarded it as an antidepressant, and a famous herbalist from the 16th century wrote that a syrup made from borage “comforteth the heart, purgeth melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or lunaticke person.” For Prairie farmers who may fit

Crops

More diversified weed management practices needed

By Leeann Minogue November 29, 2012

Public- and private-sector weed scientists agree integrated weed management, rather than any magic-bullet chemistry, will be the way forward to maintain viable fields against herbicide-resistant weeds. Scientists from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg last week to discuss new research at the Canadian Weed Science Society’s 66th annual conference. Much of the research on the agenda

Crops, News

New technology with old herbicides

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 21, 2012

Agroup of seven extension staff from Ohio’s Purdue University have issued a publication on the pros and cons of 2,4-D- and dicamba-tolerant crops. Two companies are set to introduce these products in combination with glyphosate as a means of controlling weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate alone. Opponents say that widespread use of these

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Syngenta to enter Prairie canola seed market

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 15, 2012

Syngenta plans to broaden its canola portfolio beyond chemicals and launch its own new canola seed varieties on the Prairies starting next fall. “This is an exceptional time to be in the canola seed market, given the extent of breeding and varietal development activities going on across the country,” Dave Sippell, Syngenta’s head of diverse

Daily Network News

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases

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Opinion: Is a closer trade relationship with China a security risk?

Tag Archives Glyphosate

Iowa weed scientist wades into glyphosate controversy at Ag Days

A penny a plant?

Weeding out resistant weeds the old-fashioned way

Practise zero tolerance to avoid resistant weeds

Manitoba farmers need their own plan for soybean fertility

Nutraceutical firm seeks borage growers

More diversified weed management practices needed

Popular herbicide may be linked to increased pathogen virulence, says Huber

New technology with old herbicides

Syngenta to enter Prairie canola seed market

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