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A million acres of glyphosate-resistant weeds in Canada?

By Allan Dawson May 7, 2013

More than one million acres of Canadian farmland have glyphosate-resistant weeds growing on them, including 43,000 in Manitoba, according to an online survey of 2,028 farmers conducted by Stratus Agri-Marketing Inc. based in Guelph, Ont. The shockingly high Canadian numbers met with skepticism from some experts who suggest farmers might be mistaking hard-to-kill weeds with

Crops, Opinion

Dandelions versus pesticides on the playground

By Andy Pelletier April 26, 2013

Many, if not all, of the province’s school divisions plan to conduct “pesticide control” on school property to control dandelions and other unsightly weeds. I have a problem with this for several reasons. Firstly, when did unsightly plants become a problem within schoolgrounds that require poisons to eradicate? And to whom are they unsightly, the

Beef cattle, Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Brandon rally draws 40 protesters opposed to introduction of Roundup Ready alfalfa

By Daniel Winters April 18, 2013

Opponents of genetically modified crops rallied in front of the constituency office of a local MP to protest approval of glyphosate-tolerant alfalfa, which they say could be seeded on fields in Eastern Canada as early as this spring. The demonstration, which drew about 40 protesters, was organized by the local chapter of the National Farmers

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Off-label glyphosate applications can be costly

By Allan Dawson April 18, 2013

Farmers are increasingly going “off label” applying higher rates of glyphosate to their Roundup Ready canola at a later crop stage than recommended, a survey commissioned by Monsanto Canada reveals. As a result farmers are losing three bushels an acre, Monsanto Canada said in a recent new release citing its own research. “The symptoms of

Crops, Oilseeds

Spraying off label reduces yield and costs farmers money

April 9, 2013

Survey work conducted in 2012 by Stratus Agri-Marketing Inc. for Monsanto Canada shows the farmer practice of spraying off label is becoming more common. The Stratus research results — compiled from online surveys with over 1,700 farmers — confirm 45 per cent of farmers sprayed above label rates, up eight percentage points from 2011. The

Crops, Oilseeds

Monsanto, DuPont settle lawsuits, set new $1.75-billion deal

By Carey Gillam April 9, 2013

The companies have dropped their lawsuits against each other and agreed  to work together delivering new technology to farmers

Reuters / Monsanto Co. and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while forging a new collaboration, the companies said March 26. The deal tosses out a $1-billion jury verdict DuPont was ordered to pay Monsanto last August. Instead,

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Arysta launches broadleaf/grass/burndown combo

March 28, 2013

Arysta LifeScience has launched Inferno Duo Herbicide for spring wheat growers in Canada. Arysta says it combines the enhanced broadleaf activity of tribenuron (the same active ingredient in Express SG) with broadleaf and longer-lasting soil activity on grasses of flucarbazone. Inferno Duo also provides wide-spectrum burndown when mixed with glyphosate. “Together with glyphosate, Inferno Duo

Crops, Weather

Prairie broadleaf herbicides cleared for aerial use

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 28, 2013

If this spring should turn muddy, any cereal growers who may not be able to get at broadleaf weeds with a ground sprayer will have three additional Group 4 options for an aerial strike. Dow AgroSciences announced last week it has picked up registrations for aerial use of Prestige XC, Attain XC and OcTTain XL,

Cereals, Crops

Aerial registrations for broadleaf weed control approved

March 25, 2013

Dow AgroSciences has received aerial use registrations for Prestige XC, Attain XC and OcTTain XL a move the company says will offer more options to customers needing broadleaf weed control in regions with spring conditions that are too wet as well as those needing to cover a large number of cereal acres quickly. “We have

Crops

Resistant weed headaches growing, survey shows

By Daniel Winters March 16, 2013

New survey says 43 per cent of farmers now believe they have herbicide-resistant weeds, but the number who report using more than one mode of action is falling

More Canadian farmers are reporting herbicide-resistant weeds, according to a new poll. Nearly two-thirds of the 500 farmers surveyed in a poll conducted for BASF Canada said weeds in their fields are getting tougher to control, and 43 per cent said they suspect they have weeds resistant to herbicides. In a similar poll conducted a

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