LANGHAM — Farmers Business Network is responding to strong demand for generic agricultural chemicals by expanding its Canadian operations. The company is building two new product distribution centres. The warehouse in Brandon is scheduled to open Sept. 1, 2025, while the one in Grand Prairie, Alta., will begin operations on Jan. 1, 2026. Those are […] Read more
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Strong demand for generics prompts expansion
Farmers Business Network plans to build two new ag chemical product distribution centres on the Prairies
New weed control draft picks take to the field
Eleven products added to Manitoba crop protection guide will help farmers keep ahead of weeds
Several new herbicides have been added to Manitoba Agriculture’s 2024 Guide to Field Crop Protection.
New herbicide on the horizon
A new herbicide with a novel active ingredient could soon become available for Pairie farmers struggling with kochia and other weeds.
Rock bottom herbicide prices expected to rise
Retailers say glyphosate and glufosinate prices are at all-time lows and will likely start to increase rather than fall further
SASKATOON — Now is a good time to buy herbicides, say retailers of the product. Johnston’s Grain is telling its clients that the crop inputs are at rock bottom prices. Related stories: “When adjusted for inflation, we’re at by far the lowest prices we’ve ever seen on glyphosate 540 and glufosinate 150,” the company said […] Read more
Glyphosate: from star to supporting cast member
WINNIPEG — In the 1970s and early 1980s, Jack Nicholson was a major star in Hollywood. He was the leading man in iconic movies such as The Shining, Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nicholson was still acting in the 1990s and 2000s, but he had more success as a supporting actor — […] Read more
VIDEO: Researchers look for alternatives to glyphosate
The goal is to evaluate different tank mixtures that could do the same job as glyphosate and delay herbicide resistance
WINNIPEG — Fifty-nine weed species around the world have developed some resistance to glyphosate, according to data from the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds. Countries and regions including Mexico and the European Union have come close to banning its use, based on perceptions or misperceptions of its safety and the risk to human health. […] Read more
Failed antibiotic repurposed as successful herbicide
With modifications, a molecule initially developed to treat tuberculosis but failed to get beyond the research lab showed an ability to kill two of the most problematic weeds in Australia, annual ryegrass and wild radish, without harming bacterial and human cells.
Feds’ lambda-cy ruling is unworkable
Canada is the only G20 country to have made a food/feed distinction like this. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did a full review of lambda-cyhalothrin in 2019, around the same time as the PMRA started theirs, but the U.S. did not restrict feed.
New Group 14 herbicide fights grassy weeds
A new Group 14, non-selective herbicide that has activity on grasses is available for growers to use in burndowns. Dale Ziprick of Gowan Canada said Insight Liquid SC is a PPO inhibitor that is typically mixed with glyphosate for pre-seed applications ahead of spring wheat, corn and soybean. “It’s been launched in other parts of […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers short on spring seeding inputs
Ukraine’s farmers do not have the inputs they need to plant their spring crops, says a senior government official. Taras Dzoba, deputy minister of agrarian policy and food, said the government recently surveyed about 2,500 Ukrainian farmers representing eight million acres of farmland about how things look heading into spring planting. The results show that […] Read more
