
Tag Archives Weeds

Frosty weeds and closing spray windows
Variables like weed species and recent and expected frosts will weigh into management decisions

Redekop pitches combine-mounted weed seed control
Manufacturer says combine-mounted unit will pulverize weed seeds

Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Tammy Jones changing jobs
Starting July 20 Jones is Corteva's technical sales agronomist for Manitoba

Spring weeds rise up well ahead of seeding efforts
Weed forecasts have farmers expecting to reap the consequences of last year’s lack of field work

Destructor’s weed escapes still fail to germinate
Microscopic abrasions allow microbes to infect embryonic weeds

Editor’s Take: The cancer of herbicide-resistant weeds

Losing the war on weeds
Tammy Jones has been doing the math on where herbicide resistance is taking Manitoba farmers and the numbers are grim

Is the weed seed ‘destructor’ ready for prime time in Canada?
Aussie invention is much cheaper, easier to use, but is still in the ‘promising, not proven’ category

Smart spot spraying still has a way to go
Farmers need to be 100 per cent confident these new technologies will work when they hit the field

VIDEO: Deciding when to spray to wipe out weeds
Know your economic threshold before firing up the sprayer
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