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Palmer amaranth. (United Soybean Board photo)

North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 21, 2018

CNS Canada –– Officials in North Dakota continue to hunt down suspicious plants in a bid to keep the aggressive weed Palmer amaranth from establishing there. Palmer amaranth, a pigweed species, made its first confirmed appearance in North Dakota last month, in a soybean field in McIntosh County, in the south-central area of the state. […] Read more

Rotating from cereals to pulses can help lower your seed and soil-borne disease pressure.

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Cereals clean up before a pulse crop

Planting a cereal crop can help set up your next pulse crop for success

By Doug Fehr, Shawna Hogg June 19, 2018

Cereals are more than just a rotational crop between your canola and lentils; they can play a key role in setting up next year’s pulse crop for success by helping clean up your fields of weeds and soil-borne disease. When you look at weed control and resistance management, cereal crops offer the broadest range of […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Pre- and post-harvest weed control

Q & A with CPS

By Lyle Cowell June 11, 2018

Q: When should I start weed control for my crop? A: A weed-free crop at harvest represents the cumulative effort of field management during the season. To manage many weed species, the season begins the previous fall. Pre-harvest weed control tends to focus glyphosate application on perennial weeds such as quackgrass or Canada thistle. At […] Read more

Weed specialist Clark Brenzil says that ideally wild buckwheat should be controlled at the four-leaf stage or smaller.

Crops, Features

Wild buckwheat: A weed to watch

Glyphosate alone is just not enough.  Why is buckwheat so hard to control?

By Melanie Epp April 20, 2018

Wild buckwheat consistently ranks among the top five problematic weeds in Saskatchewan weed surveys. Clark Brenzil, provincial weed control specialist at Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture, explains what makes this weed so tricky. Wild buckwheat is an annual weed found in cropland in the southern Prairies. Despite farmers’ best efforts, the weed is hardy and persistent […] Read more

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Choosing that pre-seed herbicide

Q & A with CPS

By Ernie Nycholat April 10, 2018

Q: What are some considerations when selecting a pre-seed herbicide application? A: There are significant benefits to applying herbicides prior to seeding or crop emergence. Pre-seed weed removal reduces competition for valuable moisture and nutrients required for seedling development. When selecting pre-seed herbicides, begin with the crop to be grown. Products available vary considerably by […] Read more

Crops

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

By Angela Lovell March 27, 2018

To date, all indications are pointing to a dry spring, given the below-average precipitation received in many areas of the Prairies this winter. There are exceptions to every rule of course, but a lot of farmers had relatively dry soils going into winter, so we asked some agronomists and provincial crop experts what factors could […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

6 strategies to manage weeds in pulse crops

From tillage to pre-seed and pre-emergent herbicide applications in pulses

By Doug Fehr March 8, 2018

Pulse crop growers face unique challenges in terms of managing weed populations in their crop. Not only are pulse crops less competitive, there are limited choices for pre-seed and in-crop herbicide applications, compared to canola and corn. Plan ahead to manage weed populations and resistance using the tools available. There are many choices for grassy […] Read more

Tame oats exposed to Axial, a Group 1 herbicide. Susceptible plants yellow and die after being exposed to a Group 1 herbicide.

Crops, Features

Getting to know your herbicides: Group 1

A look at how Group 1 chemicals work and what you can do to manage weed resistance

By Lisa Guenther February 16, 2018

Although wild oats are an annual, Group 1-resistant wild oats have become a perennial problem on the Prairies. And wild oats aren’t the only weeds developing resistance to this chemical group. Grainews takes a look at how Group 1 chemicals work and what farmers can do to manage resistance. Group 1 herbicides are commonly applied […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Cannabis firm Aurora in talks to buy both CanniMed, Newstrike

By GFM Network News January 20, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis is in talks with rivals CanniMed Therapeutics and Newstrike Resources to buy both businesses in a friendly deal that would create the nation’s top weed company, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The deal signals an easing of tensions following an offer in […] Read more

Graham Collier, technical services manager at Nufarm, talks herbicide resistance during a plot tour west of Saskatoon.

Crops, Features

Which weeds will develop resistance?

Stay ahead: know which weeds are most likely to develop resistance to which chemistry

By Lisa Guenther October 4, 2017

Farmers who want to slow herbicide resistance need to understand weed biology, says Graham Collier. Collier is technical services manager at Nufarm. During a plot tour at Ag-Quest west of Saskatoon, he outlined some of the factors that contribute to herbicide resistance. One factor is the average risk of the herbicide group. Weeds are more […] Read more

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Tag Archives weeds

North Dakota still on lookout for Palmer amaranth

Cereals clean up before a pulse crop

Pre- and post-harvest weed control

Wild buckwheat: A weed to watch

Choosing that pre-seed herbicide

Six factors to consider if your soil moisture level is low

6 strategies to manage weeds in pulse crops

Getting to know your herbicides: Group 1

Cannabis firm Aurora in talks to buy both CanniMed, Newstrike

Which weeds will develop resistance?

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