Crop Management
It is possible to add residual weed control to the spring burn off. It can be a blessing, as well as a curse. First the curse. Many of these products will restrict the crops that can be seeded into those fields this year and next. It may be an issue if weather dictates a change […] Read more
Crop Management
Weed of the week: Canada fleabane
Canada fleabane is not considered a major weed in Western Canada. But in Ontario, it has developed into a herbicide tolerant pest. Fleabane is a winter or summer annual, with most of the seedlings making their appearance in a post-harvest environment from August to October. The pest forms a dark green rosette of hairy leaves […] Read more
Combine operators test lip feed modification
Ray Hittinger had less than 1,200 hours on his Case IH 8120 combine two years ago when he noticed premature wear on the H-frame. “We had really high wear on the frame. It definitely wore out before its time,” said Hittinger, who farms north of Edmonton. Hittinger was the second owner of the combine, and […] Read more
Organic agriculture examines ways to tackle food waste
The good people of Brussels were literally fed up with food waste. A meal was provided in the city centre, completely free of charge for 6,000 people. The labour was volunteered. The food was rescued on its path to the landfill. Supplies included leeks that were deemed unfit for market because they grew too large, […] Read more
Experts take on leafy spurge
A research project near Moose Jaw, Sask., is entering the third and final year of study into how best to control leafy spurge. The work includes trials of an as-yet unregistered chemical from DuPont, Rejuvra XL, which is showing promise and is expected to be registered for next year. Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards and […] Read more
U.S., world soybean supplies on the rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and the world will be awash in soybeans 2014-15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, in a report that also gave its first survey-based readout of the struggling winter wheat crop. Following the report Chicago wheat futures fell more than one percent despite a lower-than-expected U.S. crop […] Read more
Weed of the week: dandelions – May 8, 2014
Dandelions are a serious pest for modern prairie farmers, but European pioneers considered them to be valuable plants. They were brought to the new world as a medicinal herb and were considered a resilient, perennial forage plant. It is known mostly as a problem weed on urban lawns, but it can also cause big […] Read more
Uniformity goal of N-Shooter injection system
Streaming liquid from tank to shank | Pump keeps distribution of anhydrous ammonia uniform, resulting in uniform crop
BRANDON — Where conventional anhydrous ammonia systems might have 25 percent coefficient of variation left to right on side hills, N-Shooter claims a one percent CV across the toolbar in all situations. “When you have a coefficient of variation of one percent from shank to shank, you know that you’ll have uniform distribution of nitrogen […] Read moreMobile app allows ag info sharing
Farmers curious about what their neighbour paid for fertilizer might find the answer in their phone. AgPriceBook joins a growing list of mobile applications targeting producers. Some allow growers to re-cord and share farm management data or access market and weather information. This one, developed by Farmers of North America Strategic Agriculture Institute with funding […] Read more
Pressure system relieves worry
BRANDON — The ability to pump more nitrogen into the soil in a single pass is why many producers are switching to anhydrous ammonia. “For sure, the biggest reason we went to NH3 and the N-Shooter was productivity,” said Bryan Thiessen. “NH3 lets me just about double the product I put down. It’s 82 percent […] Read more
