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Sethoxydim and chlorothalonil, previously on the annual Keep It Clean product advisory list, have not reappeared there for 2024.
Crops, Features

Higher-risk list drops two ag chemicals

Keep It Clean advisory gauges crop products by export market risk

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Glacier FarmMedia — A 2024 product advisory from Keep it Clean is missing two names previously featured on a list of high-risk crop protection products. Keep it Clean is a joint initiative of the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Pulse Canada and the Prairie Oat Growers Association. The group releases an annual product advisory […] Read more
Farming Smarter’s strip tillage unit at work.
Crops, Features

Opposing exposure to erosion

Early indications in Alberta research are that soil stays put, with no adverse effect on crop performance

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Strip tillage and cover crops are two techniques being tested in southern Alberta applied research trials, seeking practices that will help reduce the risk of soil erosion. Farmers on the Prairies — and across North America — have made huge strides over the past 40 years in reducing soil losses by applying conservation farming practices […] Read more
The Stratus AirSprayer in flight at the Spaceport America testing facility in New Mexico during the spring of 2024.
Crops, Features

Switching to glide

Precision AI’s new autonomous Stratus AirSprayer can carry bigger loads and fly longer than conventional ag drones

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For decades, farmers have used boom sprayers in their fields to protect crops from weeds, disease and insect pests. They’ve also relied on crop dusters, which first took flight 100 years or so ago. The advent of drone technology has ushered in a new age in aerial spraying. Today, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market […] Read more
Freshly-sprayed pots and loaded petri dishes for the dose response work with wood vinegar and potassium nitrate. The compounds were placed with the seed in the petri dishes while -- for the potted work – seeds were deposited in the soil and sprayed at 200 litres per hectare.
Crops, Features

Wake weeds up and let Mother Nature sort them out

Researcher finds value in wood vinegar in unique weed-killing process

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Glacier FarmMedia — It makes some intuitive sense: stimulate weeds’ growth at the wrong time of the year and let the winter frost kill them off. The challenge, says a scientist, is finding the right stimulant to wake them up. Shaun Sharpe, a weed researcher with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Saskatoon, may have […] Read more
A drone image, taken by Dr. Philip Harder, then with the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology, shows the test field in February 2023 with different amounts of snow trapped by different stubble heights.
Crops, Features, Weather

Stubble height can make yield difference

Under extremely dry growing conditions, do your best to manage the moisture that’s there

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You may not think leaving stubble just a bit taller would make much of a difference — but field scale research in Saskatchewan is showing even two more inches of stubble height, for example, can trap snow that could translate into about $40 or more per acre in extra yield. That’s not just wishful thinking, […] Read more
Henrik Gilstring-workshop
Equipment, Features

Family a strong foundation for Swedish farm equipment manufacturer

Väderstad looking to build upon its company values at home, and abroad

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From the outside looking in, family appears to be the glue that holds Swedish equipment manufacturer Väderstad together. It’s been at the core of the company’s formula from its beginnings in 1962 to modern day, and it isn’t likely to change any time soon. Since 2022, Henrik Gilstring has been the CEO of Väderstad – […] Read more
wild oat
Crops, Features

Herbicide resistance flirts with crisis mode

Although not one-size-fits-all, integrated weed management may come to the rescue

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They’re big numbers underscoring a big problem. In Saskatchewan, over 15 million acres of weed patches are resistant to Groups 1 and 2 herbicides. Of 31 known herbicide sites of action, 21 have confirmed resistance to a weed species. And, with 56 confirmed cases, Canada is third in the world for herbicide-resistant weeds. These are […] Read more
heavy rain in manitoba 2024
Crops, Features, Weather

Moving from dry to wet

Improved moisture conditions can mean different strategies

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Farmers in Western Canada can breathe easy. Rains across most of the Prairies this spring have gone a long way toward recharging groundwater levels and lowering the risk of drought across the region. “We had an extremely warm winter with lower-than-normal precipitation in most areas,” says Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. […] Read more
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Canola, Features

How broccoli may give canola traits a bump

Traits from related brassica species may improve canola diversity

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Glacier FarmMedia – There’s little doubt that canola is a powerhouse crop. Nationwide, it covered nearly 22.1 million acres last year, more than 99 per cent of it on the Prairies. The Canola Council of Canada puts its economic contribution at nearly $30 billion a year. A University of Alberta researcher, backed by the Natural […] Read more
seeding near lethbridge 2011
Crops, Features, Weather

Prairie soils’ organic carbon climbing

Data from StatCan and AAFC highlight positive changes made in agriculture since the 1980s

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Glacier FarmMedia — For much of the last five years, the federal government has been setting targets for Canadian farmers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer and methane emissions from cattle. The government has provided funding to help producers cut methane and nitrous oxide emissions from primary agriculture, while constantly beating the drumbeat of […] Read more

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