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Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs

New set of rules also calls for 'cosmetic' pesticide use to be banned on federal lands

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 23, 2023

Proposals to increase a crop chemical’s maximum residue limits (MRLs) on foods and food crops in Canada can again seek federal approval, after being put on temporary hold two years ago. Among several other changes, a planned new package of federal regulatory amendments will put a gradual end to a “pause” imposed in August 2021 […] Read more

Recirculating booms can go a long way toward reducing the amount of pesticides wasted on the farm. Shown in this photo is one of three of the more popular models which is the Horsch Leeb 6.300 VL.

Features, Machinery

How to reduce pesticide waste on your farm

Tom Wolf's simple steps to significantly reduce losses to the ground

By Jim Timlick June 12, 2023

With chemical costs continuing to make up a large share of on-farm expenditures, it’s important to prevent any of those compounds from going to waste. That’s especially true when it comes to pesticides. According to the Farm Inputs Price Index from Statistics Canada, total input costs for Canadian farmers rose by 17.4 per cent in […] Read more

A Massey Ferguson MF 5S series tractor. (Agcocorp.com)

Crops, Machinery

Agco, Kubota sign onto U.S. right-to-repair pledge

Firms join Deere, CNH in pacts with Farm Bureau

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 26, 2023

Two more major ag equipment makers have signed onto a framework that would grant farmers and independent repair shops in the United States reasonable access to the means to repair their machines. The Washington, D.C.-based American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) on Monday announced it had reached memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with equipment firms Agco and […] Read more

In high-risk areas where a crop is stalled and flea beetles are feeding aggressively, the action threshold of 25 per cent may be met and surpassed within hours. In a situation like this, growers may want to spray at less than 25 per cent leaf area loss, giving the crop a chance to get through the day a little stronger, offers CCC’s Curtis Rempel.

Canola, Crops

Flea beetles: how to improve spray results

Five important tips when applying foliar insecticides

By Jay Whetter May 11, 2023

You’ve probably heard this before: the best defence against flea beetles is a canola crop that emerges uniformly, with five to eight plants per square foot, and grows quickly to the four-leaf stage. Weather conditions often conspire against these best laid plans, pushing canola growers to plan B: foliar insecticide. Farmers get particularly frustrated when […] Read more

Willem van Staveren says perennials and winter annuals such as dandelions, thistle and particularly kochia are targeted in the farm’s fall weed control program.

Crops, Features

Weed control timing is important: sooner is better than later

If weeds get the upper hand, a percentage of yield loss can’t be recovered

By Lee Hart April 11, 2023

Willem van Staveren says you can’t beat early weed control. In fact, every year on the family-run southern Saskatchewan farm, the Van Staverens plan for a post-harvest herbicide application to help control winter annual and perennial weeds in preparation for the following growing season. “It is important for us to make the late fall herbicide […] Read more

Crops, Markets

‘Keep it Clean’ program aims for more than just good advice

Program seen as 'one stop shop' for ensuring marketability of grains

By GFM Network News March 31, 2023

As farmers plan for the upcoming season, they need to do their part to make certain their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. “Market access issues in general are becoming a bigger issue globally,” said Ian Epp, an agronomy specialist and lead on market access and pesticides with the Canola Council of […] Read more

Precision AI’s drone is powered by a hybrid gasoline-electric engine, which provides up to two hours of flight time.

Equipment, News

Green-on-green tech prepares for airborne launch

A Saskatchewan-based startup is testing precision drone spraying on the Prairies this spring, but there’s no word yet on a regulatory framework to allow full commercialization

By Mark Halsall March 27, 2023

There are a growing number of options for green-on-green herbicide spray application technologies available to farmers. Companies like John Deere, BASF and Bilberry are using artificial intelligence and advanced computer vision to develop green-on-green spot sprayers, some of them capable of functioning autonomously. What about an autonomous, green-on-green spot sprayer that flies? It might sound […] Read more

Agritechnica has resumed its normal show schedule, with the next event to be held this coming November in Hannover, Germany.

Equipment, Machinery

Agritechnica to focus on ‘green productivity’

Show theme is advancing yields with environmentally friendly technologies

By Scott Garvey March 14, 2023

With the resumption of its normal schedule after COVID-19 forced a delay and finally cancellation of its last event, Agritechnica, the world’s premiere ag equipment exhibition, will hold its next event this coming November in Hannover, Germany — assuming there are no further global disruptions. The German Agricultural Society, known as DLG, stages the show, […] Read more

If your cropland is presently clubroot-free, keep it that way. Do not allow any mud-carrying equipment of any kind on your cropland other than your own farm equipment. Plant resistant varieties and keep the land clubroot-free to enhance your financial future.

Columns, Crops

Present and future plant disease and weed issues in the Prairies, Part 1

Disease prevention works if you follow standard crop biosecurity procedures

By Ieuan Evans March 6, 2023

Here are 10 of the more important disease and weed issues in Western Canada, but I could easily add 10 more. 1. Clubroot of canola2. Cereal cyst nematode3. Soybean cyst nematode4. Aphanomyces root rot of peas and lentils5. Verticillium wilt of canola6. Sudden death syndrome of soybean7. Potato cyst nematode8. Potato powdery scab9. Sclerotinia white […] Read more

New Holland upgrades the digital features of its line of front boom Guardian sprayers.

Equipment, Machinery

New Holland updates the Guardian sprayer line

Faster field speeds, more technology and more integration

By Scott Garvey February 28, 2023

Not long ago, “bigger and more powerful” were the buzzwords in new machinery marketing. Today, “smarter, faster and connected” seem to sum up what manufacturers are emphasizing in new equipment offerings. New Holland has improved all of those features in its updated line of Guardian front boom sprayers. The newest lineup of Guardian sprayers, announced […] Read more

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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