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With herbicide applications winding down, this is a good time to scan fields for suspicious weeds that escaped the management effort. The photo from Tammy Jones shows glyphosate-resistant kochia…
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Too windy. Too wet. Sometimes both. This pushed back a lot of weed management and some fields are still not sprayed. In this situation, intense weed pressure can reduce yields by 20%, 30%, 50%... That's why early weed control has a huge positive effect on profitability, but late control is better than nothing. Late control can stop the yield loss,…
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These can be hard to tell apart sometimes. Pinched or otherwise damaged-looking stems can occur with all three. Here’s how to tell them apart…
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CCC agronomy specialist Angela Brackenreed describes the moisture situation at her sentinel field, including a comparison of soil moisture reserves for 2018 versus 2017…
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Michael Harding with Alberta Agriculture & Forestry recently compared 10 disinfectant solutions to see which is best to kill clubroot spores on machinery, tires and boots, etc. Four of those 10 products achieved 95% inactivation of clubroot resting spore viability, qualifying them as effective. Of the four, bleach achieved the 95% threshold at very low concentration (2%) and bleach is…
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Manitoba CROPS-A-PALOOZA is July 25 in Portage la Prairie. Register now!…
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You can listen to SaskCanola's Canola Connection radio shows online. The latest weekly show features Clark Brenzil talking Group 2 herbicide carryover…
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Clover cutworm damage has been confirmed in a few fields around Weyburn, Saskatchewan. They are a climbing cutworm and can be easily confused with bertha armyworm. The most distinct difference between the two species is the wide stripe along each side; it is yellowish pink on clover cutworm and yellowish orange on bertha armyworm…
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Look at these six images from canola fields this week and determine if what you're seeing is normal or not normal…