Crop Management
The sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture is now taking place in Winnipeg, bringing together “conservation agriculture” experts from across the globe. Lots are farmers, which is a nice recognition of the pioneering role farmers played in evolving the farming systems that are allowing farmers to produce food on a finite amount of land without […] Read more
Crop Management
Manitoba crop report for June 23
SOUTHWEST Seeding operations are now complete, and excess moisture has resulted in unseeded acres across the region. Most areas reported 25 millimetres, but Hamiota and northern parts of the south parkland region received 80 mm. Recently seeded fields have saturated soil and standing water. Some fields are suffering from compaction and excess moisture, but crops […] Read more
Video: Six Product variable rate seeder
Introduced as a smaller scale prototype last year, CleanSeed Agricultural Technologies CX-6 seeder was big hit with farmers and the business crowd. The Vancouver based company changed the usual approach to metering seed, with more electronic management, softer rollers and wireless communication from each run and for each product. Six products are metered on the […] Read more
Weed of the Week: green foxtail
Call it what you will — bottle grass, green bristlegrass, green millet, pigeon grass, wild millet or, as it best known in Western Canada, green foxtail — the weed is becoming a growing problem for prairie farmers. Less tillage has had many positive effects on agriculture, but it has also resulted in more weeds. One […] Read more
Liquid UAN best option for top dressing: experts
Nozzles worth investment | Streaming, rather than spraying, prevents leaf burn
If it’s available, growers should apply liquid urea ammonium nitrate rather than dry urea with a urease inhibitor when top dressing, said Dave Franzen, a soil fertility expert in North Dakota. When applied as a stream from a sprayer, UAN losses through volatilization are less than dry urea with a urease enzyme inhibitor, he said. […] Read moreDo foliar fungicides provide enough bang for the buck?
There has been a lot of discussion about applying reduced rates of foliar fungicides, usually a half rate at the T1 stage or at the time of herbicide spraying. The practice has become common in the past few years, but the question remains: “Are you getting an economic bang for your buck?” Kelly Turkington of […] Read more
Broadcasting fertilizer not ideal
Canadian soil fertility experts have urged growers for years to side band nitrogen at seeding time. Most producers in Western Canada have adopted the practice, but a burgeoning number of farmers are now broadcasting dry fertilizer in spring. “We do have some fairly large farms that, for logistical reasons, are going what I call ‘back […] Read more
Canadian quinoa acres expands as seeded area stretches west
WINNIPEG — Canadian quinoa acres have increased significantly this year and are expected to continue climbing, according to an official with the country’s only processor of the crop. “As of today, we have 5,070 acres with 38 different growers,” said Michael Dutcheshen, general manager of Northern Quinoa Corp. (NorQuin), a specialty grain and food processing […] Read more
Scout early, often for flea beetles
Canola farmers need to keep a close eye on flea beetles but shouldn’t spray at the first sign of damage, says an agronomist with the Canola Council of Canada. Greg Sekulic said he has seen flea beetle damage in Alberta’s Peace River area canola fields but nothing more than normal. Seeing edges chewed off new […] Read more
Manitoba crop report, June 16
The Manitoba crop report has been released and is available here. The crop weather report for Manitoba is also available and you can access it here.
