If the strong Canadian dollar has you eyeing chemical prices across the border, you’ll need to fill out some paper work and make some phone calls before shopping. The Grower Requested Own Use (GROU) import program, which replaced the Own Use Import program of a few years ago, lays out the rules. There are times […] Read more
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Out of six up-coming pea varieties, several are destined for markets outside the ordinary
Pea breeders always keep an eye on yield, standability and disease resistance when choosing new lines, but the newest crop of varieties on the way to registration include some stand-outs in more ways than one. Tom Warkentin, pea breeder with the Crop Developent Centre (CDC), was on hand at a recent pulse information day, giving […] Read more
Seed Limited For Top Lentils
Lentil growers are blessed with a steady stream of new varieties to choose from each year, thanks in no small part to the Crop Development Centre’s prolific breeding program. Bunyamin Tar’an, a breeder with the CDC in Saskatoon, outlined variety performance by area and seed availability in his presentation at a recent pulse information day […] Read more
Seed-Applied Nutrients Give Early Edge
Covering large acres within a very small seeding window can be managed several ways — bigger seeder setups needing a lot of people power, seeding earlier to extend the season, or a combination of booth. Bigger equipment carries a hefty price tag, but seeding into cold soil can mean a rough start for the crop. […] Read more
ESN Makes Single Shoot Safer
The drawback to single-shoot openers, says Ken Coles, is that they limit the amount of seed-placed fertilizer you can put down safely. As general manager of the Southern Applied Research Association (SARA) based at Lethbridge, Coles is looking out for farmers in his area — trying to save them some cash if he can. “The […] Read more
Sectional Control Pays Its Way
When Brett Casavant was having some issues with his liquid fertilizer application set up, he decided to take the entire unit one step further and upgrade to sectional control. “We got the pricing on what we’d need to upgrade, crunched some numbers and were surprised to see that the unit could pay for itself in […] Read more
GreenSeeker Proves Worthy For Wheat
The economics certainly favour the use of an in-crop application for durum, most of the time for spring wheat and some of the time for canola. Sensors that can scan a crop and make an instant judgment on what it needs aren’t new, but this “active optical sensor” technology, now available from several different manufacturers, […] Read more
Pod Sealants Fail To Impress In 2009
“In this trial, napus varieties appear to be just as suited to straight cutting (as juncea). No matter the treatment, InVigor 5440 has the highest yield and lowest losses. That was consistent across all sites.” As the time of harvest approaches, canola yield can be lost two ways — through pod drop and through seed […] Read more
Avail: Good Theory, No Results
— R. JAY GOOS “My concern with the product is that the rate is too small to have a meaningful effect.” There’s a very important reason plot and field-scale trails are done: not all lab results transfer to the field. Such is the case, it would seem, with Simplot’s Avail product. Avail, a polymer, is […] Read more
Rules To Grow Midge-Tolerant Wheat
— TODD HYRA “We estimate use of a resistant variety will prevent $36 per acre of damage.” Midge tolerance is probably the most exciting technology advancement in wheat in the past 50 years,” says Todd Hyra, the western Canadian business manager for SeCan. Hyra is part of the Midge Tolerant Wheat Stewardship team, a group […] Read more
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