Herbicide-resistant wild oats growing among the establishing TruFlex canola plants on the Dions’ 600-acre field at Donnelly, Alta. Photo: Supplied

Farm gets aggressive on wall-to-wall resistant wild oats

Agronomist says managing herbicide-resistant weeds is like starting a fitness routine: make a plan, set goals, stick with it

Beating herbicide-resistant weed populations means making a plan with clear goals and objectives and staying on top of it — and that means not allowing weeds any opportunity to set seed in big numbers.

a seed terminator unit attached to a combine

A Saskatchewan farmer is combining weed control with harvest

The Seed Terminator, an attachment that destroys weed seeds on their way out of the combine, is being put to work on a farm north of Saskatoon

Josh Lade’s farm is all-in on a combine attachment called the Seed Terminator, on which he’s spent mid-six figures over the past seven years, making sure it’s put to work on every acre controlling what he calls “the fittest weeds of the year.”