Lucas farms near Starbuck, Man., growing corn, soybeans, wheat, oats and canola. I received a call from Lucas at the end of June last year. He suspected he had some herbicide efficacy problems, as he noticed some redroot pigweed was not dying after he sprayed a field of corn with Roundup. “It’s been three weeks […] Read more
Crop advisor casebook: Why is this Manitoba field full of pigweed?
A Crop Advisor's Solution from the September 21, 2021 issue of Grainews
Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Thin plant stand in this wheat field
A Crop Advisor's Solution from the June 6, 2017 issue of Grainews
John, a Manitoba producer, asked me for a recommendation on an in-crop herbicide that would best suit the needs of his wheat crop. It was the end of May when I made my way out to John’s 3,000-acre farm near Starbuck, Man. I wanted to scout his field before advising him on crop inputs. When […] Read more
Crop Advisor’s Casebook: Poor emergence in canola crop
A Crop Advisor's Solution from the May 19, 2015 issue of Grainews
In mid-May I got a call from David, who grows 2,000 acres of canola, wheat, soybeans and peas on his farm in southeastern Manitoba. It had been three weeks since David had planted his canola crop, but he was seeing very poor emergence in the field. David had hoped for eight to 10 plants per […] Read more
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