Crop Management
Seeking registration | Forage Genetics International says it isn’t ready to commercialize the crop just yet
Opponents of Roundup Ready alfalfa fear the crop will be commercialized in Canada this spring, but the crop breeder says it’s too early to say. “We have heard that the industry wants to push ahead this year with Roundup Ready alfalfa,” said Lucy Sharratt, co-ordinator with the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. Mike Peterson, global traits […] Read more
Crop Management
Manufacturers take different paths
Smaller, self-propelled sprayers | Two companies add sprayers, while another ends a 50-year run TULARE, Calif./KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Europe has more than 30 brands of high clearance, self propelled sprayers. In North America there are about 10. However, one of those brands won’t be counted anymore. Agco has decided to stop building its 50-year-old […] Read more
Rowtrac more than a narrow Quadtrac
BRANDON — Big four-wheel drive tractors are great for pulling planters, but they also tramples plants when used to side dress nitrogen, cultivate between rows or pull a sprayer. Trampling has always been more of an issue with row crops than with broad-acre field crops because row crops generally have a higher value. It is […] Read more
Side dressing nitrogen gives options
Timing of nitrogen applications | Making final nitrogen decisions in June can save money and bump yields
BRANDON — North Dakota corn growers have found that summer side dressing allows them to reduce nitrogen rates while increasing yields. Side dressing is the norm in the heart of the U.S. corn belt but has only recently moved into the northern border states, said Todd Botterill, distributor for Thurston Blue-Jet application equipment. Two summers […] Read moreVersatile makes changes to lineup
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bühler Versatile is increasing its mid-sized two wheel and front wheel drive assisted tractors to 305 horsepower and will release a new version of its self propelled sprayer. Paul Manaigre, Versatile’s director of engineering, told the American Society of Agricultural and Biotechnological Engineers’ annual technical agriculture meetings in Kansas City Jan. […] Read more
Combine puts the cart behind the horse
Indiana farmer seeks manufacturer for Tribine | 1,000 bushel hopper means no waiting and no tracking
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tribine combine has a 1,000 bushel hopper and yet treads lightly in the field, even when fully loaded with wet grain. It can also empty in two minutes. Indiana farmer Ben Dillon believes his Tribine is what the future of threshing looks like. “The first job I had when I […] Read more
Pit stop fueling in the field
BRANDON — Farmers go to great lengths during seeding, spraying and harvest to keep machines moving. However, reloading those machines with fuel tends to be slow. At harvest, the skid tank on the truck might be only marginally larger than the one on a large combine. Perhaps a 990 gallon diesel hauling trailer with a […] Read more
Brown rot bites into cherry, berry yields
Control available | Chokecherry, sour cherry and saskatoon berry growers can use the same fungal applications
Losing an intensely managed crop can be disastrous in the fledgling prairie fruit industry, especially for new businesses. The latest threat is a new infection that hit sour cherries last year. “It wiped out some crops last fall,” Saskatchewan’s provincial fruit specialist said. However, Forrest Scharf had good news for producers attending the Saskatchewan Fruit […] Read moreSaskatoon fungicide trials look at yield, storage
Disease control | Two chemicals that proved effective in controlling entomosporium aren’t approved in the U.S.
A new disease strategy report suggests multiple applications and modes of action are needed to suppress losses in saskatoon berries. “Our applications, even when timing wasn’t ideal, worked well,” Sask-atchewan fruit grower Sandra Purdy told the Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association meeting held during Crop Week in Saskatoon. Purdy participated in one of the association’s research […] Read more
Brown rot bites into cherry, berry yields
Control available | Chokecherry, sour cherry and saskatoon berry growers can use the same fungal applications
Losing an intensely managed crop can be disastrous in the fledgling prairie fruit industry, especially for new businesses. The latest threat is a new infection that hit sour cherries last year. “It wiped out some crops last fall,” Saskatchewan’s provincial fruit specialist said. However, Forrest Scharf had good news for producers attending the Saskatchewan Fruit […] Read more
