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VIDEO: Weeds to watch for in Manitoba

By Greg Berg July 31, 2024

Crop spraying conditions have likely improved since this was recorded at Crop Diagnostic School earlier this month, but that doesn’t mean any weed issues you may have been dealing with are in the rear-view mirror. As provincial weed specialist Kim Brown puts it, the warm-season weeds are upon us and taking full advantage of the

Crops

Keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans

Harvest loss and herbicide options underpin volunteer canola management in soybeans

By Miranda Leybourne July 29, 2024

Volunteer canola in soybeans can be a weed headache for farmers. Canola harvest loss and herbicide options underpin tips for managing the issue.

Crops

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

By Don Norman July 17, 2024

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.

The “Off the Beaten Path” tour highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies

News

Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 16, 2024

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.

Crops

Light-based seed destructor opens door for smaller combines

Horsepower has been a limiting factor for seed destructors — Maybe not anymore

By Scott Garvey July 9, 2024

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.

Crops

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

By Don Norman June 7, 2024

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.

Seeding progression in 2024 compared to previous years.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Agro-Manitoba sees more precipitation, seeding progress behind five-year average

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 5 (week 21)

By Manitoba Agriculture May 28, 2024

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

News

New website against weeds launched

By Alexis Kienlen May 28, 2024

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

By Don Norman May 17, 2024

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.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Seeding pace picks up across agro-Manitoba

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 3 (week 19)

By Manitoba Agriculture May 14, 2024

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

Daily Network News

Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.

Feed grain weekly: Western Canadian barley bids seasonally firm

China’s Q1 pork output up 4.2 per cent from a year earlier, lags expectations

Tag Archives Weeds

VIDEO: Weeds to watch for in Manitoba

Keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm

Light-based seed destructor opens door for smaller combines

Early weed identification, easier control says Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist

Agro-Manitoba sees more precipitation, seeding progress behind five-year average

New website against weeds launched

Watch out for pasture poisons where livestock graze

Seeding pace picks up across agro-Manitoba

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