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Fusarium Is In Alberta. Now What?

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The Alberta Fusarium Graminearum Management Plan describes fusarium graminearum as “the most destructive fungal disease of wheat and barley in Canada.” It also claimed (in 2002) that “Alberta is currently free from any fusarium head blight outbreaks caused by fusarium graminearum” and that the management plan was implemented to “prevent the establishment of fusarium graminearum […] Read more
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One More Reason To Seed Test

Reglone is by no means new. Many farmers have years upon years of experience with the desiccant. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that many samples taken from Reglonetreated fields are coming back with lower-than-expected germination numbers. Ed Thiessen, technical crop manager for Syngenta, says that the product did what it should […] Read more
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Fungicides Boost Yield, Speed Maturity

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Crops that received fungicide ripened faster than those without, which is contrary to what is supposed to happen Brett Casavant farms near Tisdale, Sask., and every year he grapples with the question of whether or not fungicides offer a return on the cost. To try and pin down an anwer, he’s been conducting his own […] Read more
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Four Ways To Use The Herbicide Wall Chart

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Grainews and Dow Agro-Sciences have joined forces to provide you with a comprehensive wall chart to assist in making herbicide selections this year. This easy-to-use chart is included in this issue of Grainews. Simply unfold the chart, hang it in the office, or chemical shed or the place where you make herbicide selection decisions. It […] Read more
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Critical Weed-Free Periods By Crop

If weeds can be kept out of the crop during the critical early stages of growth, you should be able to minimize losses (from weed competition) to under 5%. Even late emerging weeds will have difficulty overtaking the crop due its competitive advantage of later growth stage. Below are the critical weed-free periods by crop: […] Read more
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Watch Crop Stage For Optimum Weed Control

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Getting a jump on the competition is a basic business principle; any advantage is better than none at all. In farming, your biggest competition is often weeds soaking up moisture and nutrients before or when the crop goes in. This competition directly steals yield out of the bin and takes away from your bottom line. […] Read more
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What To Do When The Weeds Don’t Die

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Living, growing weeds in a field you’ve already sprayed is not something you ever want to see. More and more these days, weeds that survive spraying are not the result of misses or poor product but because of resistance to a growing list of products. Classifying a weed as truly herbicide resistant isn’t as cut […] Read more
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Six Steps To Perfect Pulse Inoculation

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The number of acres of pulse crops planted across the prairies is growing and so is the number of farmers who are becoming adept at cultivating them. Aside from their yields, they’re reaping added benefits, since pulse crops fix their own nitrogen. In order to do that, pulse plants team up with soil bacteria. Here […] Read more
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Manage Resistance In Herbicide-Tolerant Crops

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About 90 per cent of canola acres grown in Western Canada contain either the Liberty Link or Roundup Ready trait. Canadian canola producers have so far dodged the weed resistance bullet that is causing problems for many American soybean and corn growers. “They have big problems in the southern U. S., particularly in the soybean […] Read more

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