herbicides Archives - Page 4 of 18

AAFC’s Breanne Tidemann says kochia (seen here) appears to be spreading to areas of Alberta where it wasn’t seen previously.

Into the weeds: 2024 in preview

Prairie specialists consider which weeds are most likely to succeed as the season proceeds

By Jim Timlick May 8, 2024

The past few seasons have been a challenging time for farmers on the Canadian Prairies. Extreme heat, lack of precipitation and steep increases in production costs have caused some sleepless nights for many producers. As if those weren’t enough to contend with, another potential threat to crops will soon rear its ugly head: weeds. Grainews […] Read more

An aerial view of spraying operations at Jake Ayre's family farm near Minto, Man.

Crops, Features

Spraying facts, fallacies and forethought

Experts share tips on what you need to know before you spray

By Jim Timlick April 25, 2024

To spray or not to spray? That is the question many farmers will be asking themselves in the coming weeks. While it’s still too early to say what pest and disease forecasts will look like this season, it’s never too soon to start thinking about temperature and other factors that can help to determine the […] Read more

Planting perennial forages in ditches is recommended to help keep kochia from getting a toehold.

Crops, Features

Weed alerts on the southern front

A North Dakota weed expert cautions Prairie farmers about kochia, waterhemp and Palmer amaranth and their evolving herbicide tolerances

By Mark Halsall March 21, 2024

Of all the things shared by Prairie farmers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, an abiding love of their land, fretting over the weather and a no-nonsense, ‘get ‘er done’ attitude are among those that come to mind. Unfortunately, this also includes weed problems. Weeds know no borders, of course, so when weed trouble […] Read more

Crops, General

Pesticides under fire in U.S.

Recent court decisions have threatened farmers' abilities to use some herbicides

By GFM Network News March 15, 2024

Pesticides are increasingly under attack in the United States and that is keeping farm leaders awake at night.

General, Reuters

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

An Arizona court decision vacated the EPA's registration of dicamba-based herbicides

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 14, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that farmers can use some existing supplies of herbicides based on the chemical dicamba, despite a federal court ruling last week that halted sprayings.

Seed treated with Vibrance Total, a combination of five different fungicide groups being brought to market for the 2024 season.

Features, Pulses

The year in pulse crop inputs

A quick look at new actives, new combinations and expanded labels

By Grainews Staff February 6, 2024

Following up on last issue’s roundup of product launches and label expansions in the cereal crop input market, here we’ve put together a quick list of new and/or improved pulse crop inputs that were announced in our earshot during the past year, including several due out for the coming growing season. Again, if we’ve inadvertently […] Read more

John Gehrer delivers up to 1,000 litres of diesel per day with an electric car.

Features

Searching for sustainability in agriculture

A southern Manitoba farmer’s quest for a “greener” farming system has left him with more questions than answers — and feeling a bit hypocritical

By John Gehrer January 18, 2024

In 1888 Bertha Benz drove her homemade car on a 212-km round trip to Mannheim and Pforzheim in Germany. The fuel tank was 4.5 litres, and there were no gas stations along the way. There were probably no paved roads either and the reliability of the car was unproven. It might have been easier to […] Read more

A sprayer carrying OnDeck herbicide approaches a patch of kochia.

Cereals Guide 2023

The year in cereal crop inputs

Several products are due on the market for 2024

By Grainews Staff January 18, 2024

Here we’ve put together a quick list of cereal crop inputs that were announced in our earshot during 2023, including several due out for the 2024 growing season. We’ve listed them here in no particular order and if we’ve inadvertently missed someone or something, let us know at [email protected]. Straxan fungicide Corteva bills its cereal […] Read more

The Agrifac AiCPlus uses an algorithm that can be developed for each weed in the field seen with the naked eye.

Equipment, Machinery, News

Spot sprayer economics

Does this technology make sense for your farm? ROI isn’t the only consideration

By Jim Timlick November 30, 2023

Interest in spot sprayers has continued to grow among western Canadian farmers over the past decade. It’s easy to understand why. Spot sprayers can detect and spray a weed, leaving a crop untouched, and can dramatically reduce the use of expensive chemicals thanks to a combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and state-of-the-art sensors. While […] Read more

(FMC Corp. video screengrab via YouTube)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Ag chem maker FMC looks to sell non-core assets

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 18, 2023

Reuters — Crop protection products maker FMC Corp. has launched a strategic review of its non-core assets, including a potential sale of its non-crop business. A slowdown in demand for herbicide and pesticides as well as excess inventories had resulted in large destocking in South America, denting the U.S.-based company’s earnings for much of the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News