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New website against weeds launched

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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
Cattle search for forage in low areas during the dry summer of 2019.
Livestock

Watch out for pasture poisons where livestock graze

Western water hemlock leads the pack on toxic plant grazing risks

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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 progression in 2024 compared to previous years.
Crop Report, Crops, News

Seeding pace picks up across agro-Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 3 (week 19)

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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
Nodding thistle is largely found in southwestern Manitoba.
Crops

Don’t yield to weed invaders

It’s important to stop Palmer amaranth and waterhemp in their tracks

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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,
Male (left) and female (right) waterhemp plants.
News

The gaps in Palmer amaranth, waterhemp prevention

There may be more getting done than producers realize, but more resources couldn’t hurt

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No one wants Palmer amaranth or waterhemp to become bigger weed worries in Manitoba, and there’s work focused on making sure that doesn’t happen, but local knowledge is still thin on the ground. The two boogeymen of the weed realm were recent subjects of a successful resolution brought before the Keystone Agricultural Producers. The motion, by ag diploma students
Waterhemp (seen here) and Palmer amaranth have well-earned reputations for prolific seed production and herbicide resistance.
News

Farm organization takes aim at noxious weeds

Action targeting waterhemp, Palmer amaranth greenlit at KAP advisory council meeting

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Keystone Agricultural Producers will set its sights on two emerging noxious weeds: waterhemp and Palmer amaranth. A resolution brought forward by University of Manitoba agriculture diploma students during KAP’s March advisory council meeting March 27 aims to give more support to farmers to beat back Manitoba’s growing problem. Why it matters: Waterhemp and Palmer amaranth
Kochia is becoming an increasing weed problem in Manitoba.
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Weed seed destructors rare on Canadian farms

The devices are only slowly gaining momentum in this country

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Glacier FarmMedia – About 30 weed seed destructors were used last fall on farms across Canada, says an Agriculture Canada scientist. That isn’t a lot, as the country has some 50,000 grain farms that buy about 2,000 new combines every year. But adoption of the destructors, which pulverize weed seeds before they exit the combine,
Wild foxtail barley on the edge of a canola field.
News, Other

Garden seeds lead to problem weeds

Problem weeds may be lurking in that garden catalogue

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Manitoba rancher Herman Bouw was casually perusing a gardening seed catalogue when a particular ornamental grass item caught his eye. The plant was listed as “squirrel tail grass,” but Bouw thought it looked awfully similar to a species with a more cursed name on the Prairies. A comparison of scientific names confirmed his suspicion. The catalogue was
VIDEO: Taking the fight to kochia in North Dakota
Crops, News

VIDEO: Taking the fight to kochia in North Dakota

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There are a number of problem weeds that growers often contend with each season, but kochia is one weed problem in particular that’s of growing concern – and not only here on the Prairies, but also south of the border. Jason Hanson, a crop consultant in North Dakota, travelled to St. Jean Farm Days earlier
Once waterhemp pokes its head above the canopy, it becomes easily identifiable.
News

The problem with pigweeds

Differentiating different species, including major threats like Palmer amaranth and waterhemp, can be challenging

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Scouting for waterhemp is difficult but critical, Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown told producers during her presentation at St. Jean Farm Days Jan. 10. “You’re going to hear a lot about this in the next few years because this is just going to become a bigger and bigger problem, but I really believe we can get out

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