Wheat & Chaff

It’s important to have high standards, right? So it’s good to know there’s a group of dedicated engineers, regulators, equipment manufacturers, researchers and farmers from across Canada and the U.S. whose safety standards are impeccable. They are members of the Canadian Standards Association’s (CSA) Agricultural Machinery Technical Committee. Every year, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association […] Read more

Off-patent ag chemical maker Mana Canada has picked up federal approval for a foliar fungicide’s use against sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot in canola. Mana Canada, the Canadian arm of Israeli chemical firm Makhteshim Agan, announced the registration of Overall 240 SC, a Group 2 dicarboximide fungicide with the active ingredient iprodione, found also in FMC’s Rovral […] Read more

Cereal growers in the brown soil zone of Western Canada now have another option for broadleaf weed control with the registration of the new post-emergent herbicide OcTTain XL. OcTTain XL is a co-formulation of Group 4 actives fluroxypyr and 2,4-D, registered for use on all varieties of spring wheat, durum wheat and spring barley. With no mixing required, […] Read more

Farmers can now sign a three-year Clearfield Commitment for lentils beginning in 2012. The Clearfield Commitment for lentils is an agreement between a Clearfield lentil grower and BASF Canada. Clearfield lentil growers must complete and sign a Clearfield Commitment for lentils, which can be done at their Clearfield lentil herbicide retailer, their Clearfield lentil seed seller or online at BASF’s […] Read more

Time was, nobody locked doors or sheds or trucks on the farm. You didn’t have to. But now farm security is a major issue. Corporal Miles Hiebert is with the RCMP in Manitoba. He says “It’s really important to secure your farm ­­— homes home, sheds, barns, and shops. Particularly because it’s very likely that your neighbours […] Read more

Farm equipment maker MacDon Industries will be the manufacturer for several lines of self-propelled windrowers and mower conditioners to be sold worldwide under John Deere paint. U.S.-based ag and heavy equipment giant Deere and Co. announced a “strategic agreement” with Winnipeg-based MacDon, allowing Deere to expand its hay and forage product portfolio globally. More details about the availability of products coming out of this agreement […] Read more

Prairie wheat and durum growers this year can get one of their wild-oat herbicides suspended rather than stirred. Syngenta Canada has picked up federal registration for a suspension-concentrate version of its Group 2 flucarbazone herbicide Sierra. The new version, branded Sierra 2.0, will be sold in liquid (397.33 grams per litre) rather than Sierra’s water-dispersible […] Read more

Chemical and bioscience giant DuPont will spend $10 billion and release thousands of new products over the next nine years aimed at improving food production and nutrition. DuPont said it was setting three primary goals for “stimulating and guiding” internal efforts around its commitments to helping address global concerns about food security in light of […] Read more