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How To Rejuvenate Overgrown Fields

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Occasionally, farm land ends up being neglected during the transition between owners, something that can happen when an estate must be sold because there are no family members interested in taking over. But allowing cultivated fields to remain unattended for a season or two can leave them choked by a mass of waist-high weeds. Returning […] Read more
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Eco-Friendly Herbicide Awaits Approval

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Modern, large-scale agriculture now depends heavily on synthetic crop protection products, such as glyphosate. So heavily, in fact, most current farming practices would not be possible without them At the same time there has been growing opposition to the increased used of chemicals in food production from environmentalists and consumers. That environmental pressure was the […] Read more
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Power Up Your Pre-Seed Burn-Off

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A pre-seed application of glyphosate is now standard practice for growers who direct seed. Research has confirmed this practice pays big dividends. Data gathered from Canola Production Centre trials found a spring pre-seed burnoff application resulted in canola yields increasing by 15 per cent. A 2007 study by Sapsford, Holm, Johnson and Cleary in Saskatchewan […] Read more
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Adventures In Safety

The Alberta Farm Safety Program has many resources and tools designed for rural kids. The latest resource made available is a brand new activity book. This is one of the most popular resources, and features Farm Safety Star. New Adventures with Farm Safety Star is 24 pages of hazard hunts, puzzles and colouring posters. Topics […] Read more
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Co-Op Lines Get The Thumbs Down

Savvy Grainews readers will recall a story I did not long ago about high yielding wheat varieties. Who am I kidding! With the amount of paper you receive in the mail, I don’t for a minute think that you read every story in every issue. That said, because I had done a little write up […] Read more
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One of the major goals of applied research trials is to get people thinking. A rough 2009 growing season stirred up more questions than answers at CARA

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The Chinook Applied Research Association (CARA) can’t control the weather. The oldest farmer run, applied research association in Alberta, can evaluate and demonstrate a wide range of crop and forage production and management practices, as it has done for 30 years, but as the 2009 growing season proved, Mother Nature again has the final say. […] Read more
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Don’t Ignore Herbicide Resistant Weeds

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Herbicide resistant weeds in Western Canada This list is compiled from www.weedscience.org.The number in brackets is the herbicide group to which resistance has been confirmed. Wild buckwheat (2) Wild oats (1) (2) (8) (multiple groups) Common hempnettle (2) (4) False cleavers (2) (4) (multiple groups) Kochia (2) Ball mustard (2) Green foxtail (1) (2) (multiple […] Read more
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Six Ways To Fight Weeds

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Weed control checklist In addition to proper herbicide use (rotating groups between fall, spring and in-crop applications and adhering to rates and re-cropping restrictions), there are several methods to fighting weeds. They are: 1) Increase seeding rate — Instead of the old pounds per acre, work backwards from a target plant population, keeping in mind […] Read more
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Weed Control Options In Mustard Still Limited

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A fall application of glyphosate is of tremendous benefit in reducing the populations of perennials such as Canada thistle and dandelions, winter annuals, and even kochia Venture YELLOW MUSTARD BROWN/ORIENTAL MUSTARD Registered Assure II Avadex Clethodim Edge Fortress Poast Trifluralin Venture Not Recommended Muster Gold Muster Toss-N-Go Registered Assure II Avadex Clethodim Fortress Muster Gold […] Read more
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Growing Durum In The Desert

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We wandered down to Arizona for a few days in February. I heard a rumour that they grow durum in Arizona — lots of it. I found this very intriguing as most years I have a hard time growing durum in Saskatchewan, let alone trying to grow it in the desert. This gave me something […] Read more

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