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Spray operators: It’s OK to hit the snooze button on your alarm

By Helen Mcmenamin July 20, 2012

The early bird gets the worm, and the best weed control, at least based on conventional wisdom that the best time to spray is when wind in lightest in the morning. But the results of trials by Farming Smarter, southern Alberta’s farm research group, indicate that spray operators don’t have to set their alarms quite

Crops, News

Herbicide-tolerant weeds can hurt farm incomes, says BASF poll

By Allan Dawson June 16, 2012

Farmers are increasingly aware of the possibility of getting herbicide-tolerant weeds in their fields, but most aren’t doing enough to delay them, says Gary Martens, an agronomy instructor at the University of Manitoba. “Farmers have not changed their behaviour based on what they know,” he said, in reaction to an Ipsos Reid poll of 500

Crops, News

BASF sees strong growth tied to GMO crop traits

By Carey Gillam June 16, 2012

Reuters / Global conglomerate BASF is rolling out a series of new plant science and plant protection products for farmers in the United States as it aims to increase its share of fast-growing markets, executives of the German chemical giant said. South America is also a target as BASF shifts its agricultural emphasis — and

Crops, News, Weather

Prognosis good for crops frosted May 29

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

Fields damaged by frost May 29 will likely recover, a weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives says. However, Nasir Shaikh said farmers who moved in too quickly with herbicide applications — within 24 to 48 hours of a frost — could set back the crops while not having the desired effect on the

News, Pulses

OUR HISTORY: June 11, 1992

June 8, 2012

The June 11, 1992 issue reported on the just-issued 2001 Census of Agriculture, which showed 280,046 farms in Canada and 25,706 in Manitoba. That compares with 205,730 and 15,877 respectively in the 2011 census released last month. Also reported on the front page was a plan for United Grain Growers to become a publicly traded

Crops, Oilseeds

Regulatory approval

June 8, 2012

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, has received Canadian regulatory approval for cultivation, feed and food use of Optimum GLY brand canola, its proprietary glyphosate-tolerant canola. Pioneer expects to commercialize the product mid-decade, pending key regulatory approvals from export markets globally. Optimum GLY canola was developed, in part, through exclusive DNA shuffling technology to provide tolerance

News

New product for chemfallow

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 5, 2012

BASF Canada has received registration to bring a new chemfallow and post-harvest herbicide in Western Canada. New Distinct herbicide, tank mixed with glyphosate, offers growers exceptional weed control and resistance management in post-harvest and chemfallow applications, with total follow crop flexibility, the company says in a release. Distinct is made up of a premix of

Crops, News

Dow’s new biotech corn enters final stage of regulatory approval

By Carey Gillam May 17, 2012

Reuters / A new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences could answer the prayers of U.S. farmers plagued by a fierce epidemic of super-weeds. Or it could trigger a flood of dangerous chemicals that may make weeds even more resistant and damage other important U.S. crops. Or, it could do both. “Enlist,” entering the final

Crops, Forages, News, Oilseeds

Nufarm’s new soybean herbicide

By Allan Dawson April 8, 2012

Manitoba soybean growers have a new herbicide option. Nufarm’s Valtera, with the active ingredient flumioxazin, controls a number of broadleaf weeds early, while suppressing annual grasses such as green foxtail, says Myles Robinson, the firm’s Manitoba sales manager. “Soybeans do not like competition” and that’s why early weed control can pay off in higher yields,

Crops, News, Oilseeds

New technology focuses on native gene manipulation

By Shannon VanRaes March 29, 2012

The pace of canola seed innovation has increased dramatically over the last 10 years, but that doesn’t mean the industry can take a break or rest on its laurels. As canola production and consumption has increased over the last four or five years, the amount of soybean oil used worldwide has dropped by four billion

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Tag Archives Herbicides

Spray operators: It’s OK to hit the snooze button on your alarm

Herbicide-tolerant weeds can hurt farm incomes, says BASF poll

BASF sees strong growth tied to GMO crop traits

Prognosis good for crops frosted May 29

OUR HISTORY: June 11, 1992

Regulatory approval

New product for chemfallow

Dow’s new biotech corn enters final stage of regulatory approval

Nufarm’s new soybean herbicide

New technology focuses on native gene manipulation

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