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1. Syngenta introduces Pulsar, a twin pack broadleaf herbicide for use on durum, spring wheat and barley. Pulsar contains two Group-4 broadleaf herbicides — dicamba and fluroxypyr. Pulsar provides dual-action management for Group-2 resistant kochia, as well as non-resistant kochia. Hugh Beckie, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, tracks herbicide resistance […] Read more

Pulse Canada is posting feed pea benchmark prices for Western Canada on its website at www.pulsecanada.com.This gives buyers and sellers a useful pricing reference. “Pricing comparisons for feed peas have often been lacking in Western Canada,” says Jeff Bond, director of the Feed Pea Network for Pulse Canada. “These feed pea benchmark prices are a […] Read more

Check your records to make sure all your NISA account money is in your hands. The Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) program ended five years ago. At that time, participants were given the option to withdraw their NISA balance in one lump sum or in annual payments for up to five years. The five-year wind-down […] Read more

Nine weed species with glyphosate resistance have been documented in the U. S. as of 2008. They are rigid ryegrass, horseweed (Canada fleabane), common ragweed, Italian ryegrass, giant ragweed, common waterhemp, Palmer amaranth (a relative of redroot pigweed), hairy fleabane and Johnsongrass. Grainews asked Mike Owen, weed specialist with Iowa State University, what crop production […] Read more