Glacier FarmMedia – Most people wish their retirement savings plans were getting the kind of return on investment that plant breeding does at the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC). That’s according to a new economic footprint assessment of the centre’s breeding work, released July 16 at Ag in Motion. The report noted an […] Read more
Stories by Dave Bedard
Bayer offers up new herbicide combo to dog resistant weeds early
Glacier FarmMedia – Bayer’s Crop Science division’s Ag in Motion site offers Prairie wheat growers a first look at a new-to-Western Canada pre-burn herbicide combo. The company on Tuesday announced the release of Huskie PRE, a combination of pyrasulfotole (Group 27) and bromoxynil (Group 6), registered for pre-emergent application on barley, triticale and spring, winter […] Read more
Soil scientist and Grainews columnist Les Henry, 83
Henry's outreach to farmers spanned more than half a century
Glacier FarmMedia – Saskatchewan soil scientist Les Henry, well known for his work on improving Prairie farmland and his outreach to Prairie farmers in the pages of Grainews, has died. Ending a long fight with congestive heart failure, Henry died Friday in Saskatoon at age 83, having continued to write until very shortly before his […] Read more
Native insect acquires new taste for soybeans
The soybean tentiform leafminer has been seen in Manitoba creating leaf injuries on the lower and upper surface
A tiny North American moth species that has been seen in Canada has been developing a new appetite for soybean plants on the U.S. Plains. The species, Macrosaccus morrisella — now officially named the soybean tentiform leafminer — was detected feeding on soybean crops in eastern Minnesota in 2021 and has since taken its newfound […] Read more
