Volunteer canola in soybeans can be a weed headache for farmers. Canola harvest loss and herbicide options underpin tips for managing the issue.
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Keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans
Harvest loss and herbicide options underpin volunteer canola management in soybeans
From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?
Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.
Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm
The "Off the Beaten Path" demonstration tour presented by BMO at the Ag in Motion farm show July 16-18, highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies at the 610-acre site, with the improved moisture levels in 2024 helping provide new data for the ongoing projects.
Light-based seed destructor opens door for smaller combines
Horsepower has been a limiting factor for seed destructors — Maybe not anymore
Combine horsepower has been a limiting factor for seed destructors. With new light-based technology, farmers with smaller machines can get non-chemical weed control on their combines.
Early weed identification, easier control says Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist
Misidentifying a weed as a seedling can make for a harder fight later in the season
Beware weed mimics in the field: knowing how to identifying weeds seedlings early in their growth can help farmers avoid bigger control problems later in the season.
Agro-Manitoba sees more precipitation, seeding progress behind five-year average
Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5 (week 21)
Seeding progress has been observed in many areas of the province this past week and is now at 64 per cent complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (80 per cent complete), spring wheat (87 per cent complete) barley (79 per cent complete) and peas (96 per cent complete). Canola planting continues with 41 per
New website against weeds launched
Glacier FarmMedia – Producers have a new website to bookmark if they’re looking for weed information on the Prairies. The Western Grains Research Foundation has announced the official launch of a weed monitoring hub, prairieweeds.com. The website will be the new digital host for resources, data, weed maps and research under the Prairie Weed Monitoring
Watch out for pasture poisons where livestock graze
Western water hemlock leads the pack on toxic plant grazing risks
After successive dry years, Manitoba Agriculture is warning farmers to be on the lookout for toxic plants on their grazing lands. “In the years where we’ve had drought and we’re struggling to find enough good feed sources, animals end up foraging on species that they wouldn’t normally eat,” said Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown.
Seeding pace picks up across agro-Manitoba
Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 3 (week 19)
Rapid seeding has progressed across the province this past week and is now at 30 per cent complete. Producers have focused on planting corn (60 per cent complete), cereals (58 per cent complete) and peas (72 per cent complete). Canola planting has just started with 6 per cent of the acres being planted. Producers are
Don’t yield to weed invaders
It’s important to stop Palmer amaranth and waterhemp in their tracks
Invasive Species Awareness Week occurs during the last week of April in Manitoba. The Manitoba Weed Supervisors Association (MWSA) recognizes this week by highlighting a few of the invasive plants considered to be a significant threat to the landscape of our province. Many of these invasive species are mistaken for wildflowers, but unlike native wildflowers,
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