A Syngenta seed treatment recently received an emergency registration for controlling pea leaf weevils in dry and succulent peas in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Yves Dooper, research and extension manager with Alberta Pulse Growers, said the registration covers application of Cruiser at 50 to 83 millilitres per 100 kilograms of seed in peas, where the higher […] Read more
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Seed treatment available to fight pea leaf weevil
When baler marries combine…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The prospect of selling straw at $60 to $70 US per ton didn’t occur to Graham Shields until his Bale Direct System was well on the road to completion. His initial goal was to control a herbicide resistance weed species that was creating havoc in his area. However, the tool he devised […] Read more
Rotation study looks at peas, canola
LETHBRIDGE – The results of a seven year study suggest that under proper conditions, farmers may be able to grow canola and peas more often in a rotation than now recommended. Stu Brandt, an Agriculture Canada researcher at Scott, Sask., told Alberta Agriculture’s Agronomy Update conference in Lethbridge that current recommendations to grow canola or […] Read more
Auger designed to save life, limbs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An Australian farmer whose daughter was killed in an auger accident has developed a polyurethane auger with an internal clutch to protect human limbs. The new Augersafe was presented to the recent International Conference on Crop Harvesting and Processing in Louisville, Kentucky, by export representative Jim Raz of Adelaide, South Australia. Raz […] Read more
PAMI’s star shines at ag conference
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The PAMI designed, star-shaped auger guard is probably the best accident-preventing device available anywhere, Jim Raz told engineers at the International Conference on Crop Harvesting and Processing held in Louisville, Kentucky in February. Last year, while preparing his global marketing plan for the Augersafe polyurethane flighting invention, the Australian entrepreneur searched the […] Read more
New Products
Engine information tool Cummins Inc. recently announced the introduction of the QuickCheck 5100 engine information tool. This product brings the power of a portable computer and proprietary engine monitoring software into one handheld device. The QuickCheck 5100 connects to any electronic diesel engine, using standard J1587 or J1939 data links with supplied six- or nine-pin […] Read more
Disease threats to watch in 2007
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – Field crops in Western Canada are always under threat of disease. Plant pathologist Ron Howard of Alberta Agriculture categorizes them as internal or external threats. “The internal threats are those diseases that we already know occur here and that could spread into new areas or develop new strains that could increase […] Read more
Organic farmer named year’s most outstanding – Organic Matters
The Organic Crop Improvement Association has named Marc Loiselle of Vonda, Sask., its outstanding organic farmer for 2007. The association is one of the world’s foremost organic groups, with offices in Canada, the United States, Latin America, Asia and Europe. Its research and education board developed the award to honour producers who excel in cropping […] Read more
Some critical of study
While hog industry proponents welcomed the results of a three-year study at La Broquerie, Man., their opponents were skeptical. Sheldon Stott, a nutrient resource manager for Hytek, said hog producers have long known the value of hog manure as a source of fertilizer on forage crops and the benefits of integrating it with cattle production. […] Read more
Producers urged to monitor stripe rust
Western Canadian farmers face two cereal diseases that have the potential to be more damaging than they presently are: stripe rust on wheat and fusarium head blight on wheat, barley and oats. At the recent Agronomy Update in Lethbridge, Agriculture Canada plant pathologist Denis Gaudet said stripe rust is endemic to Asia and has been […] Read more
