It’s time for Manitoba farmers to get locked and loaded against spring weeds, with enough room to adapt if early 2026 field conditions don’t co-operate.
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VIDEO: Spring weed control means plans, and back-up plans for those plans
Manitoba farmers should be locked and loaded against weeds, and with enough room to pivot if spring field conditions don’t co-operate
A short recap of the never-ending glyphosate saga
Editorial: Farmers are watching on the sidelines as the glyphosate story twists and turns
Prairie farmers are concerned about the chances of losing a herbicide that’s played a pivotal role in conservation agriculture — and the chill this saga puts on new product investment.
Kochia creeps farther north in Manitoba
Farmers are fighting kochia farther north than ever before in Manitoba, while the weed also keeps racking up resistance to herbicides
Farmers are fighting kochia farther north than ever before in Manitoba, while the resistance-prone weed also keeps eating up herbicide options.
Predictive weed mapping, coming to a farm field near you
Geco–Gowan deal taps AI tools, multi-year imagery, to forecast weed-patch-prone field zones so farms can preemptively adjust treatments
Geco–Gowan deal taps AI tools, imagery, to forecast weed-patch-prone field zones, so Prairie farms can preemptively target herbicides
Vine crusher can smash weed seeds while squashing potato pests
AAFC’s field testing shows the crusher works on weed seeds under real-world potato harvest conditions
Research in P.E.I. shows the potato vine crusher, meant to crush insect pests clinging to vines at harvest, can also help reduce the viable weed seed banks in potato fields.
MANITOBA AG DAYS: Wild oat resistance tightens its grip in Manitoba
Herbicides are increasingly failing to control wild oats as the weed pops up across Manitoba farm fields
Herbicides are increasingly failing to control wild oats as the weed pops up across Manitoba farm fields.
The looming threat of HPPD herbicide resistance
Group 27 herbicides are still effective in Manitoba, so far, but weeds are beating them in other parts of North America, and there are plenty of other resistance worries already on the ground
Group 27 herbicides are still working in Manitoba, so far, but weeds are beating them in other parts of North America, plus we have other resistance worries.
Glufosinate-resistant waterhemp found in U.S. Midwest
Kochia is also showing escapes when sprayed with the Group 10 herbicide, weed scientist warns
Kochia may also be on the road to Group 10 herbicide resistance, which would be a serious blow to Prairie farmers and canola growers, warns weed scientist.
Manitoba corn research looks for home-based weed control
Growers currently rely on U.S. or Ontario recommendations, but a U of M study is hunting for better advice with local conditions in mind
University of Manitoba researchers want corn growers to have Manitoba-based weed control advice, not U.S. or Ontario-based recommendations.
Regulatory model “broken” in Canada – says BASF
Farmers and agribusiness in Canada have long expressed frustration with Canada’s regulatory system
Farmers and agribusiness in Canada have long expressed frustration with Canada’s regulatory system.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
