SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Crop disease control should not be viewed the same way as weed control, says BASF technical development specialist Russell Trischuk. Disease can’t be managed through a visual assessment, he told growers at the recent Cropportunities workshop in Swift Current. “It’s already there,” he said. Most cereal and pulse diseases are polycyclic, […] Read more
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Crop experts offer disease control management strategies
Phantom in pursuit
Makhteshim Agan has added a new chemistry to its line of herbicides registered for Western Canada. Phantom is a Group 2 herbicide and its active ingredient is imazethapyr, the same found in BASF’s Pursuit. The product will provide control on chickweed, cleavers, green foxtail, hemp-nettle and smartweed up to the four leaf stage in field […] Read more
Malt tool
A new registration now means malt barley growers can include Triton C in their production plans. Triton C is a wide spectrum broad-leaf herbicide with quinclorac, thifensulfuron and tribenuron in a water soluble granule formulation. It wasn’t registered for malt barley production until this spring. The DuPont product draws on Groups 2 and 4 to […] Read more
Tracked carts not ruled out
Seed Hawk boss Pat Beaujot says rubber tracks are on the agenda at his company, but they need more work to meet farmer demands. “We know a cart will float better on tracks and it’s less likely to get stuck, but there are issues we need to address before we offer tracks,” he said. “We […] Read more
New Product – for Mar. 24, 2011
Italian tire maker Trelleborg released its new extra large radial tire in February during the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. The tire provides additional stability when handling heavy loads in transport at higher speeds while providing in-field traction. The 900-60R42 TM900 High Power is being released through dealers and is available on several new […] Read more
Sins of the fall are visited upon the fields of the spring
Three things producers can do to ensure their seed is ready for this spring are test, test and treat. Germination and vigour are way down this year in farm-saved seed and seed growers say their stocks are in short supply. The late start to the season kept producers off their fields until late May and […] Read more
Bin checks vital to retain canola quality
Troy Prosofsky of the Canola Council of Canada has an expensive example to illustrate why farmers should check their canola bins after harvest. Prosofsky said a farmer north of Calgary harvested No. 1 canola last fall, at 10 to 11 percent moisture and stored it in two 5,000-bushel bins. He contracted 10,000 bushels at $12.85 […] Read more
Cool spring forecast poses problems for canola crop
Spring seeding conditions are forecast to be cool, so attention to soil temperature will be needed when seeding canola. Troy Prosofsky of the Canola Council of Canada recommends the use of a soil thermometer. He told members of the Southern Applied Research Association March 3 to check soil temperature twice daily, at 8 a.m. and […] Read more
Hoppers take a hike in Manitoba
Predicting insect populations isn’t an exact science, but Manitoba entomologists are confident grasshoppers won’t be a problem in the province this year. “Most of Manitoba has a low risk of economical populations of grasshoppers in 2011,” Manitoba Agriculture concluded in its annual grasshopper forecast. Two factors led to that prediction: an extremely low number of […] Read more
Organic management counters some negative effects of soil tillage
There is an abundance of research documenting the negative effects of tillage on soil. But according to Diane Knight from the University of Saskatchewan, tillage associated with organic food production is more palatable. “There’s something about being organic that makes tillage less bad,” Knight told people at the Organic Alberta conference in Spruce Grove Alta. […] Read more
