Crop Management
Researchers at XiteBio Technologies are focusing on commercializing a natural rhizobia to benefit canola. Early field tests show that the Yield+ product increases canola yields by as much as 11 percent. The company also has projects underway with microbials that will benefit wheat, corn and other crops, said president Manas Banerjee. “Everything we do at […] Read more
Crop Management
Weed of the Week: round-leaved mallow
A look through provincial and U.S. state crop protection guides can yield many things. However, when searching for control methods for round-leaved mallow, the suggestions are fewer than for many broad-leaved weeds. Round-leaved mallow is generally an annual weed, but if allowed to grow for more than a few weeks, it can seem as though […] Read more
Bacteria gives canola big yield boost: farmer
After spending the past five years of its infinitely long life in a scientific lab, this particular bacteria strain is finally back home and hard at work in Mother Earth’s dirt. Having out-performed thousands of its cousins in the Petri dish qualifying rounds, the growth room competition, the gruelling greenhouse event and finally the real […] Read more
Weeds won’t wait for farmers
Producers generally wait to spray weeds — often too long. If a herbicide is able to be used until the flag leaf of a cereal crop and the sixth leaf stage of a weed, producers tend to wait that long to control the most recently germinated weeds. After all, who wants to spray more than […] Read more
Forest fires a factor in spread of noxious hawkweed in Alberta
INDUS, Alta. — An explosion of hawkweeds has been discovered in southwestern Alberta. Inspections in the Crowsnest Pass region found dense patches of orange, yellow, tall, meadow and a new type, yellow devil hawkweed in remote areas where people would not normally travel. Last year, weed inspector Mike Kirby travelled about 800 kilometres of trails […] Read more
New video: Seeder’s reach stretches 160 feet
Multi Farming Systems | Company has used large equipment to seed more than 2,000 acres in a day
Scroll down to the bottom of the story for video. My jaw dropped a little when a picture of a Multi Farming Systems seeder showed up on my twitter feed. I’ve seen some big seeders roaming the Canadian countryside, but nothing that stretched out like this Australian rig. Multi Farming Systems already holds a world […] Read moreSaskatchewan Crop Report June 5
SOUTH Most areas received large amounts of rain. The Radville area recorded the highest amounts with 71 millimetres. Storms brought high winds, hail and flooding. There are reports of damaged buildings and washed out roads. Despite the wet conditions, producers made good seeding progress and are ahead of the five year averages. Rain helped crop […] Read more
Manufacturers help fix vexing grain bag problem
Tighter rolling a major help | Manufacturers are responding to demands from farmers who are tired of the mess
Nobody likes seeing wads of spent grain bags piling up along the bush line or in dugouts, especially farmers. The more producers use grain bags to store bumper crops or as an alternative to permanent grain storage structures, the more piles of bags they create, says Curtis Chapman of Canadian Tarpaulin Manufacturers in Saskatoon. “Grain […] Read more
Weed of the Week: redroot pigweed
Redroot pigweed is tough to control in later seeded crops. Amaranthus retroflexus, as it is known to botanists, is an annual weed that has developed resistance to herbicides in Groups 2 and 5. More than 100,000 seeds per season gives the weed plenty of opportunity to select for genes that resist applications of everything but […] Read more
The 4Rs are money makers
The 4R nutrient stewardship program is based on best management practices. The concept incorporates the right fertilizer source at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place. These principles optimize the efficiency of fertilizer by farmers. As a result, 4R nutrient management is targeted not only to enhanced environmental protection and […] Read more
