Crop ManagementDisease 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
Crop Management
Saskatoon fungicide trials look at yield, storage
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
Kioti’s pink yard tractor raises money for charity
BRANDON — It was pretty hard to walk past the Hepson Equipment display at Ag Days without noticing the pink, 30 horsepower Kioti CK30 yard tractor. The normally orange tractor had been painted pink for the Manitoba Westman’s dragon boat team. “We hired Mr. (Murray) Turner (and Dean Munshie of Turner’s Autobody) at Carroll , […] Read more
Fendt 700 doesn’t give a bum steer
Losing GPS during a critical field operation isn’t a problem if the system simultaneously receives signals from 75 satellites representing half a dozen providers. Science fiction? No. It’s available to Canadian farmers now. That level of reliability is exactly what farmers can expect from GPS if their next tractor is a Fendt 700 series, says […] Read more
Ag engineering awards
KANSAS CITY, Missouri – This year’s 50 top innovations in agricultural engineering have been awarded, including a larger than usual number of products that could potentially be useful in Western Canadian ag. Each year, a panel of agricultural engineers from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) chooses what it feels are the […] Read more
New fertilizer initiative promoted in Manitoba
Education effort Funding provided to promote ‘4R nutrient management’ to Manitoba farmers
The Manitoba government is joining forces with Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Canadian Fertilizer Institute to improve fertilizer application practices in the province. The education initiative will be based on the right source, right rate, right time and right place philosophy, commonly known as 4R nutrient management. “CFI will be working with farmers and other […] Read moreCombat weeds to help control insect population
2013 crops | Specialist says problematic pests will include bertha armyworms, flea beetles and cabbage seedpod weevils
Potential insect threats in Alberta this year include bertha armyworms, wheat midge, flea beetles and the evil weevils — cabbage seedpod and pea leaf. Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture, gave his pest predictions at the Jan. 16 agronomy update in Lethbridge, along with an assessment of 2012 insect problems. Meers said 200,000 […] Read moreAll that moisture brings something else to fields: weeds
New weed survey Wet fields in 2012 kept Saskatchewan farmers out of fields and let weeds thrive, seeding issues for the 2013 canola crop
A survey conducted last year confirms what Saskatchewan farmers already knew: wet weather contributed to one of the weediest years on record. Agriculture Canada has conducted the canola weed survey five times: first in 1976 and more recently in 2003. In 2012, the department examined 464 canola fields and found the highest diversity of weeds […] Read more
Double disc drill leaves past in the dust
Older farmers remember the field downtime, perpetual greasing and bearing replacement and some swear they never want to see another disc drill as long as they live. However, Kim Hartman said it’s time to put the past behind us. The owner of K-Hart Industries in Elrose, Sask., thinks every bearing on a modern disc drill […] Read more
Bale wagon doesn’t get a bad rep for wrap
Hastier haylage Stop wrap damage and cut bale retrieval time in half with self-unloading wagon
Commercial hay producers might be interested in a new round bale wagon that gently retrieves 10, five-foot-wide wrapped bales in 10 minutes and deposits them at the side of the field without damaging the plastic wrap. “On my farm, the barn is beside the field, so it’s no problem picking and dropping 10 bales in […] Read more
