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Full-Spectrum Warfare

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Getting rid of the estimated 340,000 acres of leafy spurge in Manitoba, which costs ranchers and municipalities an estimated $19 million a year in control efforts and lost grazing, requires full-spectrum warfare. That’s because the Eurasian invader, with a root system up to 26 feet deep and 15 feet across, can recover quickly from anything,
Crops

Burning Suggested As A Weed Control Method

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“It won’t be 100 per cent effective but it will obviously reduce the number of weed seeds.” – GARY MARTENS A new study has cast a fresh light on the method of controlling weeds through burning – not the plants themselves but the seeds they leave behind. “Fire is capable of sharply reducing the probability
Crops

PotashCorp Deepens Production Cuts

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PotashCorp of Saskatchewan said May 20 it intends to curtail 2009 potash production by an additional 400,000 tonnes in a bid to cope with the sharp decline in demand for the crop nutrient. The Saskatoon-based producer said the new round of production cuts will bring the total reductions in production to 3.9 million tonnes year
Crops

Chemical Tool Box Topped Up For Potato Growers

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Manitoba potato growers have a handful of new crop protection products in their arsenal for the 2009 season, including new fungicides, seed treatments, herbicides and insecticides. Some are all new for this season while others were registered late last season and saw limited use in the 2008 campaign. The fungicide Revus, from Syngenta, was registered
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High Performance Weed Control Plus No-Compromise Resistance Management.

Trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC 0409-9595 In your wheat and barley, Stellar herbicide shines. Multiple modes of action mean that Stellar provides excellent control of Group 2 resistant cleavers, hemp-nettle, kochia and more. With excellent crop safety. Accomplish more. Call the Solutions Center at 1.800.667.3852 or visit dowagro.com/ca.
Cereals, Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Forages Could Reduce Canola Yield

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“Information about placing canola on forages is very limited, so caution is a definite must here.” Producers who have made the decision to put canola into fields previously in forages do so with a degree of risk, says Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed business specialist with Manitoba Agriculture. “Information about placing canola on forages is very limited,
Cereals, Crops

New Broadleaf Weed Control Option In Durum

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Durum wheat growers now have access to the same great weed control that spring wheat and barley growers have come to expect from DuPont Triton K herbicide. Now registered for use on durum wheat, Triton K controls some of the toughest broadleaf weeds including Group 2-resistant kochia, narrow-leaved hawk’s beard, cow cockle, wild buckwheat, flixweed
Cereals, Crops

CWB To Move Grain Off Flood Plain

The Canadian Wheat Board is moving to get farmers’ board grains out of the Red River Valley ahead of spring thaw. The board announced March 9 it will direct more rail cars into the valley to clear space in elevators for affected farmers in the Morris and Letellier areas to deliver accepted Series A and
Cereals, Crops

New Grassy Weed Control In Wheat

Makhteshim Agan of North America, Canada (MANA Canada), has announced the registration of Bengal 120EC, a grassy weed herbicide for use in wheat. Bengal is only for use in spring wheat (including durum) and contains the same active ingredient as Puma herbicide. “Bengal is a tremendous grassy weed herbicide for wheat. Competition in the marketplace
Opinion

Towards A Sustainable Future

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It is purely coincidental, but it seems somehow fitting that this year’s Manitoba North Dakota Zero-Tillage Farmers Association annual workshop is taking place in Brandon during Manitoba’s first-ever Organic Week. At first glance, it would seem these two production systems are polar opposites. One aims to reduce or eliminate tillage, usually replacing it with chemical

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