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Manitoba’s first glyphosate-resistant weed confirmed

The good news is, the weed was found at only two sites out of 283 surveyed last fall

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2014

Manitoba has its first official glyphosate-resistant weed, and as expected, it is kochia. But out of 283 fields surveyed last fall, only two were found with glyphosate-resistant kochia. Both are in the Red River Valley. “I was surprised about where it was found,” Bruce Brolley, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (MAFRD) crops knowledge centre

Crops

Change Constant With Weeds Legislation

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 1, 2010

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

Cereals, Crops

Everest GBX Offers One-Pass Weed Control

March 4, 2010

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

Look out for three new weeds

By Allan Dawson February 12, 2009

Manitoba farmers should watch for three new annual weeds, says Bruce Murray, a weed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. The Eastern black nightshade, hairy nightshade and Lance-leaf sage (mint weed) are “not ‘end-of-the-world’-type weeds,” just relatively new to Manitoba, Murray told farmers here Jan. 21 during Ag Days. “I think we’re going

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Manitoba’s first glyphosate-resistant weed confirmed

Change Constant With Weeds Legislation

Everest GBX Offers One-Pass Weed Control

Look out for three new weeds

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