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Brad Crammond, who farms near Austin, Man., sent us some comments about a recentGrainews article on inter-row seeding (March 21, 2011 issue). The story described the first year of research conducted by the Southern Applied Research Association (SARA) which showed, in part, a considerable amount of crop was automatically seeded between standing rows of stubble, […] Read more

It’s spring. Time to get all your equipment and tools in shape for the intense and risky season ahead. You probably have them ready to go already. But did you check out the one that just might be the most important risk management tool of all? It’s the tool you’ll use to protect your farm […] Read more

A combo fungicide best known for disease control in wheat, oats and barley has picked up approval for use against soybean leaf diseases including Asian soybean rust. Bayer CropScience’s Group 3 and 11 combination Stratego 250 EC is usually applied at lower rates (202 milliliters per acre) on cereal crops but has been approved for […] Read more

Foxtail barley has been added to the DuPont Assure II herbicide label, giving farmers in Western Canada a new option for managing this widespread weed. Assure II is an in-crop product registered for use on canola, flax, pulse crops and more, providing 99 per cent control of foxtail barley, leaving clean fields for the next […] Read more

Issues Ink, a publishing firm based at Winnipeg, Man., in tandem with the Seed Industry Partnership, has created a website totally focused on fusarium head blight and its management. The site provides a combination of farmer-focused information including updated testing results from local labs, with useful fusarium links and provincial fusarium survey results. “It’s become […] Read more

The federal government and the Saskatchewan Provincial Council of Agriculture Development and Diversification Board (PCAB) recently announced a jointly funded new grain bag recycling pilot project. More than $200,000 is being invested in this one-year pilot project to help Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers recycle up to 2,000 tonnes of agricultural plastic, including grain bags and […] Read more

FMC Corporation recently announced an amended label registration approval from the Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) for use of Authority 480 herbicide. The amended label now allows Canadian farmers to control broadleaf weeds such as kochia, lamb’s quarters, redroot pigweed and wild buckwheat in flax, sunflowers, field peas and chickpeas in the Prairie provinces. […] Read more