Plant growth regulators may let farmers avoid barley lodging while getting a nitrogen fertilizer yield bump, but mind marketing cautions.
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Research shows plant growth regulators can cut barley lodging and boost yields — in the right conditions
A decade of trials finds PGRs work best in high-yielding, wet years but remain a financial gamble in dry or stressful conditions
Cereal lodging isn’t just a nitrogen problem
Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies
Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat and other cereal crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies.
Controversy fails to sink plant growth regulator use in Manitoba oats
Plant growth regulators in oats got some bad press last year, but some farmers maintain they’re helpful
Plant growth regulators in oats got some bad press last year, but some Manitoba farmers maintain they’re helpful and do their job: to reduce lodging.
Late-season lodging flattens Manitoba cereals
Flattened wheat, oat and barley fields promise to be a harvest headache for farmers
Lodged wheat, oat and barley fields promise to be a harvest headache for farmers.
Oat millers recommend not using Manipulator
Farmers advised the juice may not be worth the squeeze on heels of contamination report
Oat millers in Canada are telling growers that a plant growth regulator isn't effective on oats, so farmers probably don't need to use it.
Two new pest insects found in province
ENTOMOLOGY | Manitoba reported the first-ever cases of western corn rootworm and cannabis aphid this year
There are two new pest insects in Manitoba, according to provincial entomologist John Gavloski. A seasonal summary of the year’s crop pests, released in mid-November, noted Manitoba’s first cases of western corn rootworm and cannabis aphid in 2021. Why it matters: Manitoba can add two new insects onto the pest radar after this year. While
Snow to stall harvests for western Prairies, Montana
Chicago | Reuters — A weekend storm is poised to bring more than a foot (30.5 cm) of snow to parts of Montana and the Canadian Prairies, putting portions of the region’s spring wheat and canola crops at risk, a meteorologist said. Excessively wet conditions in the region this month have already slowed fieldwork and
Soggy conditions stress Saskatchewan’s crops
CNS Canada –– Crops were hit hard by rain in many parts of the province during the period of July 5-11, according to a report from the Saskatchewan government. Lloydminster, Estevan and Carrot River were just a few of the communities hit hardest by the precipitation. In some cases, areas in eastern and southern regions
VIDEO: Crop recovery from lodging after severe weather
Crop Diagnostic School: Heavy weather can knock your crop flat. Question is, can it find a way to stand up again?
Southern Manitoba has had its fair share of severe weather in the past few weeks. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have laid down large patches of some crops that had advanced very well in their growth up to that point. Pam de Rocquigny, provincial cereal crops specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, talks about what producers