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About 30,000 visitors, including farmers from across Western Canada, parts of the United States and several other countries are expected for the relaunch of the live Canada’s Farm Show in Regina this June 21-23. There are about 100 acres of outdoor show space at the rebranded REAL District (exhibition grounds) along with about 1.5 million square feet of indoor show space. And don’t be in a hurry as you’ll need time to check out the products and services being presented by more than 500 exhibitors.
Features, Machinery

Canada’s Farm Show live for 2022

All of the popular features and much more will be welcoming visitors in June

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Thousands of farmers from across Western Canada and the United States and visitors from around the world are expected to head for Saskatchewan June 21-23, 2022, for the return of the live and in-person Canada’s Farm Show. Known as the Farm Progress Show held at the Regina exhibition grounds for more than 40 years, the […] Read more
You might as well call it a tree. This is a Palmer amaranth weed discovered by an agronomist near the southern Manitoba community of Carman. This monster weed can grow up to seven or eight feet tall in crop and even taller and wider when allowed to grow without any competition.
Crops, Features

Look out for strange weeds this year

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Last year’s hot, dry growing season could have yet another unwanted gift for Prairie farmers — weed species where they’ve never seen them before. A leading weed researcher says last year’s conditions — characterized by long-term drought, extremely hot weather and variable, untimely rains — have created a perfect storm for the expansion of some […] Read more
Tim Nerbas of NRG Farms in northwest Saskatchewan, says he usually does a bit of both pre- and post-harvest treatments on about 4,000 acres of crops, which include wheat, oats, barley, canola, flax and faba beans.
Crops, Features

The best fit for pre- or post-harvest treatments

With erratic growing season conditions producers need to be flexible with fall weed control plans

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Farmers Owen Orsak and Tim Nerbas hadn’t got the 2022 crop in the ground yet when they were asked in early May about their fall weed control plans, but the Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers, respectively, say they will apply desiccation and weed control measures on their farms this year depending on weed growth and harvest […] Read more
A good method for supplying corn with nitrogen in-season is to apply anhydrous ammonia as a banded side dressing between the rows.
Corn, Features, Practical Tips

Fertility tips for corn

How to get the most out of your fertilizer dollars

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Corn is a crop that needs a lot of nitrogen to grow properly and produce the best yields. With today’s high prices for fertilizer and high crop prices, it’s more important than ever to strike the right balance that optimizes yields and profits while keeping fertility costs under control. “There’s a lot of money at […] Read more
The development of insecticide resistance happens for the same reason weeds become resistant to herbicides — the overuse of certain crop protection products, says John Gavloski with Manitoba Agriculture.
Features, General, Practical Tips

How to prevent insecticide resistance from developing on your farm

It doesn’t happen often on the Prairies but when it does product overuse is often to blame

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Insecticide resistance on the Canadian Prairies is rare. Experts say producers have a pretty good handle on how to manage their insect crop pests with the products they have. But that doesn’t mean resistance doesn’t happen. Resistance in insects occurs for the same basic reason it does in weeds, says a leading entomologist — the […] Read more
A pea aphid infestation of a faba bean plant. These crop pests suck the juice out of a plant’s leaves, stem or roots, which, 
in turn, can result 
in significantly 
lower yields due 
to reduced seed formation and smaller seed size.
Features, Pulses

Don’t let pea aphids suck the yield out of your plants

Assess your risk, scout your crop, cultivate beneficial insects and watch crop timing

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The pea aphid may not look all that terrifying, but the tiny sap-sucking pest is capable of sending shivers down the spines of even the hardiest pulse farmers in some parts of the Prairies. Pea aphids are so named because of their attraction to field pea plants but virtually any pulse crop, including lentils, faba […] Read more
One of those curveballs nature can throw happened when Dan Johnson extracted the DNA from samples of Bruner’s spur-throated grasshopper (shown above) from areas of Alberta, British Columbia and Wyoming and found each region’s samples had very different DNA.
Crops, Features

Effective insect sampling tips

An entomologist offers recommendations and insights on pest population sampling

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As every farmer knows, insect pests of every kind and colour can — very literally — take a giant bite out of their crops. Limiting insect damage depends on timely control. That said, jumping too quickly to insecticides carries financial and long-term sustainability consequences. The key to good pest control is “all in the details,” […] Read more
Kees Van Beek, SDI director at Southern Irrigation, examines some winter wheat plants grown with subsurface drip irrigation at Lawrence Vandervalk’s farm in Nobleford, Alta., in 2021.
Crops, Features

A new way to water crops

Some Prairie farmers are opting for subsurface drip irrigation to boost crop production and increase water use efficiency

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They’re a rarity in Western Canada right now, but that didn’t stop Lawrence Vandervalk from installing a subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system on his farm in Alberta. “Technology doesn’t stand still. Technology keeps moving forward. This is just another step in the progression of irrigation, and I think it’s a big step,” says Vandervalk, who […] Read more
Flea beetles become active with the first extended period of warm weather in April and May. Striped flea beetles (shown) emerge from winter rest one to four weeks before the all-black crucifer flea beetles.
Canola, Crops, Features

Flea beetles in canola: to spray or not to spray

Scouting your canola fields early — right after crop emergence — should tell you if foliar insecticide is needed or not

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Flea beetles aren’t a persistent threat, but they can pose a serious problem for canola producers. Insecticide seed treatments generally do a good job of keeping these voracious insects in check, but if conditions are right, flea beetles can thrive and decimate a canola field in a matter of days. Last year’s drought in Western […] Read more
One way to gauge the severity of blackleg infection is to cut through the base of the stem and see how much blackening there is inside.
Canola, Crops, Features

Blackleg is still a threat for canola

Resistant hybrids may not be enough to keep your fields safe from this canola disease

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One of the most common diseases in canola is blackleg. As a fungal disease, it needs moisture to spread but infections still occur in the dry years we’ve been seeing lately in the Prairies. Justine Cornelsen, who was an agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada before joining BrettYoung as agronomic and regulatory services […] Read more

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