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.












U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

U.S. farm groups call Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ report unscientific, fear-based

The health report takes aim at crop protection products like glyphosate and ‘ultra-processed’ foods

Several U.S. agriculture groups say the federal Make America Healthy Again report, released Thursday, is fear-based and anti-science. The report takes aim at what U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy has called a crisis of increasing rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental health disorders and other health issues.