Dow Pipeline Includes Two New Weed Killers

Two new Dow AgroSciences herbicides, Tandem and OcTTain, are coming to Western Canada soon. Tandem, a new grass and broadleaf killer, will be available next spring; OcTTain, a broadleaf killer designed for the brown and dark-brown soil zones of the southern Prairies has been submitted to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and is pending

Leave Those Leaves – for Sep. 16, 2010

There’s life after raking – black gold is what it’s called, that pile of leaf compost. If space is at a premium, leaves can be overwintered in plastic bags. The composting process will be speeded up if the leaves are shredded and this will also reduce the storage space needed. In the spring when plants





Weed Control Will Never Be Simple Again – for Jul. 29, 2010

Sid Fogg, a mixed grain and cotton farmer near the Arkansas-Tennessee border, said by the time he realized the patches of pigweed (Palmer amaranth) growing in his field were resistant, they had spread out of control. He tried using a higher rate of glyphosate, but it had no effect. So he switched to another herbicide,

End Of An Era – for Jul. 29, 2010

It was dry in the late 1980s, and farmers were told by the herbicide manufacturer that’s why their favoured herbicide – trifluralin (Treflan) – wasn’t doing its job. But two public extension workers in Manitoba, the late Ian Morrison, a weed scientist with the University of Manitoba, and Barry Todd with the soils and crops


Dow AgroSciences Rolls Back Prices

Farmers purchasing Simplicity and Liquid Achieve herbicides this spring will now benefit from a new lower price at retailers across Western Canada, Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc. says in a release. Dow AgroSciences is offering the $2-per-acre price reduction for all purchases made for the 2010 season. “We want to ensure our customers receive the most

Monsanto Acknowledges Role In “Super Weeds”

Monsanto Co. said on May 27 it will restructure its herbicide products in an effort to help combat the spreading environmental woes of herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as “super weeds,” which many critics have blamed on the chemical giant. “We need to get in front of this,” Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant said in a conference


New Technology Improves Herbicide Application

Researchers today are transforming weed control with new precision tools and application techniques that can keep herbicides precisely where they belong. As a result, farmers are able to optimize the performance of herbicides and minimize the small amounts that drift off target as they are being applied. One of the latest breakthroughs involves low-drift nozzles

Crop Report – for May. 20, 2010

SOUTHWEST: Seeding operations resumed at the beginning of the week and warm and sunny conditions prevailed most of the week. A few scattered showers resulted in minimal accumulations; moisture conditions are rated as good. Approximately 70 per cent of the cereal crop is seeded. Some areas have completed seeding with some areas still waiting for