Canola herbicide
DuPont Canada Agricultural Products has launched Muster Gold. It combines the broadleaf control of Muster with the grass control of Assure and is designed to control both types of weeds in one pass.
Muster Gold can be used on conventional and herbicide tolerant canola varieties and is designed to control broadleaf weeds, including wild mustard and stinkweed, as well as wild oats, annual grasses and season-long control of quackgrass. It can be applied from the two-leaf stage of canola up to the start of bolting.
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For more information contact a DuPont dealer or phone the company’s agriculture products hotline at 800-667-3925.
Dairy CD-ROM
The Canadian Dairy Extension Committee, a non-profit organization of dairy extension specialists, has developed a new CD-ROM information base for producers.
The Dairy Infobase, version 2.0, includes a large database of fact sheets, brochures, publications, interactive material and programs.
The compact disk for computers is an update of an earlier version. It costs less, but has more information on a broader variety of topics, said co-ordinator Blair Murray.
Funding for the project came from the Canadian Farm Business Management Council and Ontario Agriculture.
Revenue from sales are returned to the project for further updating and improvement of the infobase.
Parts of the CD-ROM are available on a searchable internet site located at www.aps.uoguelph.ca/info/ag.
The CD-ROM is available from the Canadian Farm Business Management Council at 888-232-3262 or by writing 75 Albert St., Suite 1110, Ottawa, Ont., K1P 5E7.
Livestock handling system
Rea’s Welding, of Rathwell, Man., has introduced a portable livestock handling system designed to help farmers in sorting and inoculating herds.
It has a complete squeeze chute, alleyway and crowding tub built on a rigid frame. It is designed for easy transport and minimal set up.
The 33-foot long unit comes with hitch and wheels.
For more information, contact Rea’s Welding Ltd. at Box 70, Rathwell, Man., R0G 1S0 or phone 204-749-2075.
Chemical containers
MicroMatic has a reusable container system for agricultural chemicals.
The stainless steel valve system can dispense chemicals in a container by air pressure or by pump.
The no-touch system has a built-in safety feature that includes vapor recovery during dispensing, rinsing and refilling.
It also has a tamper-evident safety lock system designed to prevent unauthorized chemical mixing or tampering.
For more information call Future Transfer Co. Ltd. at 800-668-1783 or fax 519-866-3447.
Fence energizer
Beetronics Inc. has introduced a new line of electric fence energizers. The lower cost Stinger Lite system is designed for smaller operations such as farmyard grazing control and winter stack feeding systems.
For more information, contact Beetronics Inc. 2430-80 Ave., Edmonton, Alta., T6P 1N2 or call 800-661-3617.
