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Five Ways To Prevent Herbicide Resistance
TOP FIVE No one likes to think about resistance. It’s all too easy to stick your head in the sand and believe it’s someone else’s problem. But the truth of the matter is that herbicide resistance is a fact of life that will likely impact every one of us at some stage in our farming […] Read more
Five Tips For Post-Harvest Weed Control – for Sep. 6, 2010
Once harvest is over, it’s time for farmers to consider how they’ll manage postharvest weeds. Although in some years weather may make this practice challenging, there are significant advantages to controlling post-harvest weeds. Some of these benefits include effective control of difficult perennial weeds, such as dandelion, as well as winter annuals including narrow-leaved hawks-beard, […] Read more
Get The Best Agronomic Advice
It’s wise to think critically about any advice you’re given. Consider: Is this based on solid information such as field trials or other producers’ experiences, or is it just opinion? You get crop management information from a variety of sources. These include farm newspapers, retailers, manufacturers, government extensions, independent consultants and online sources, not to […] Read more
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.