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Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for May. 20, 2010

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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
Opinion, Pulses

Herbicide Import Causes Maze Of Issues

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Unfortunately, most growers are bringing in Pursuit for what is actually an unregistered use. Farmers are importing a popular herbicide called Pursuit from the United States and saving a pile of money. That’s good news for the producers involved, but there are a lot of unfortunate consequences. Pursuit is a long-standing product from the crop
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for May. 13, 2010

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SOUTHWEST: Rainfall over the past week kept producers out of the field till later in the week; rainfall amounts varied throughout the region. Cool temperatures over the weekend brought frost to most areas, but no frost damage was reported. The overall moisture situation is rated as good. The amount of crop seeded varies throughout the
Crops

Change Constant With Weeds Legislation

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Change has been a constant since the Noxious Weeds Act was first introduced in 1870, according to MWSA president John Johnston. The original act was mainly a recognition that the spread of some weeds needed to be controlled. It was rewritten in 1883 to transfer responsibility for controlling invasive and troublesome plants to landowners, and
Crops

Weed Supervisors Discuss Wish List

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“If the act is opened up now, what will it look like in the end? There are a number of special interest groups out there that will insist upon having their issues addressed in the act.” – JOHN JOHNSTON Proposed changes to the Noxious Weeds Act, including hikes in special levies and notices to destroy,
Cereals, Crops

Everest GBX Offers One-Pass Weed Control

Everest GBX, when combined with the grower’s choice of phenoxy, controls more weeds better than any other single product on the market today, Arysta LifeScience says in a release. Weeds like buckwheat, cleavers and kochia along with other yield robbers like flushing wild oats and green foxtail can be silenced in one pass. “The advantage
Crops

Reglone Versus Glyphosate

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They’ve (Reglone and glyphosate) been around for many years. They work totally differently, but as I say confusion still reigns.” – ED THIESSEN Reglone (diquat) and glyphosate are similar, but different and farmers need to know the difference to get the best results from each, says Ed Thiessen of Syngenta Canada. Both are non-selective herbicides
Crops

Syngenta, Arysta Swap Weed Killer Licences

Syngenta Crop Protection and Arysta LifeScience have signed licensing deals to make new herbicides using one of each other’s chemistries. Syngenta will use flucarbazone chemistry, the active ingredient in Arysta’s Group 2 herbicide Everest, to produce Sierra and Pace herbicides. Sierra will be a Group 2 graminicide based on flucarbazone, which Syngenta said provides “an
Crops, Oilseeds

Avoid This Tank Mix

Mixing the herbicides Frontline XL and Puma Super are a bad idea, even if the label says it is OK, a MAFRI official says. “Neither Bayer nor Dow supports the tank mix because of antagonism, especially when conditions are less than perfect,” says John MacGregor, farm production advisor for Steinbach. MacGregor said some Frontline packaging
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

Crop Report – for Jun. 18, 2009

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SOUTHWEST REGION Seeding is 95 per cent complete in the region with only some green feed crops to be sown. Several fields of canola have been reseeded due to frost and flea beetle pressure. Cereal crops are in the four-leaf to tillering stage. Canola is in the two-to three-leaf stage with slow growth being reported.

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