5 Steps To A Clean Seed Bed

Hamman says that while some may be tempted to go at or just after seeding with a burnoff to get as many weeds as possible, it can prove risky. “The issue there is if you run into bad weather, you may miss your window entirely.” compare glyphosate concentrations No matter what name is on the […] Read more

Accidental Miss Proves Burnoff Benefit

One of the first and foremost factors for successful zero tilling has nothing to do with drill or opener selection. It has to do with management. Most direct seeding failures I have ever seen or experienced have to do with weed control — specifically, the pre-seed burnoff herbicide application. Producers often skip this operation, thinking […] Read more


Tips For The Perfect Seedbed – for Mar. 8, 2010

Seed shallow, don’t pack too much, limit seed-placed fertilizer, and find an opener and row spacing that works for your conditions No-till, put simply, is a clear and persistent focus on seeding — with a single-pass — into undisturbed soil. No till and direct seeding have dramatically changed the way we farm our Prairie landscape. […] Read more

Are Strippers The Missing Piece?

Most proud and passionate direct-seeders tend to centre on the features of their preferred seeding operation. This discussion will focus primarily on the oft-forgotten harvest phase. Twelve years as a direct-seeding (DS) extension agent with Reduced Tillage Linkages in Alberta finds me well-adjusted to all the notill bad mouthing that goes on over soil warming […] Read more


Pesticide Update For 2010

UAP NEW FORMULATION NEW BRANDS LABEL CHANGES S Product name Attain XC Barricade DB 6654 PP-1254 PP-31155 PP-39-147 PP-E32-179 Prestige XC Puma Advance Stellar Thumper Total Tundra Product name Cordon Echo Legend NextStep Pace Polaris Sierra Vigil Product name Allegro 500F Company Dow AgroSciences DuPont DuPont Dow AgroSciences Bayer CropScience Dow AgroSciences Bayer CropScience Bayer […] Read more

Get To Know The Chemical Names

More herbicide choices give farmers more options for controlling weeds, but now with many brand names for the same active ingredient, the landscape is more confusing, says a University of Saskatchewan crop protection specialist. Plenty of new product names are entering the marketplace, Ken Sapsford says. These aren’t necessarily new chemistries with new modes of […] Read more


92 Minor Use Registrations

—Ken Sapsford. “If you have an issue, the system works very well.” If you have specific weed or insect problems in crops that aren’t covered by herbicide or insecticide registration, you should bring the issue forward to your provincial commodity group, says Ken Sapsford, a weed specialist from the University Saskatchewan (U of S). The […] Read more

Argentine Wheat On The Downfall

Argentina has been one of the main grain producers of the world, and its wheat has been exported to many destinations in various continents. However, the 2009-10 wheat campaign ended in January with a drop of about 15 per cent compared to last year. Also, the cultivated surface for wheat was the lowest in a […] Read more


Quick Facts About Wheat Production In Argentina

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Wheat producing areas: Buenos Aires, Crdoba, Entre Ros, Santa Fe, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Formosa, Salta and Tucumn provinces. Main kinds: red hard winter, red soft winter, durum and feed wheat Seeding period: April to September Techniques: no tillage and reduced tillage farming Harvest period: October to January PRODUCERS 29,500 wheat […] Read more

The Grou 18

Here are the 18 products on the GROU list as of early February. You’ll notice not all are for grain crops in Western Canada. A-Rest Solution (Pest Control Product (PCP) #16393) Sumagic plant growth regulator (PCP #25781) Bonzi plant growth regulator (PCP #25453 Prowl 400 EC herbicide (PCP #23439) Nufarm MCPA Ester 600 Liquid herbicide […] Read more