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Manage post-frost | Did rain get in the way of weed control? Optimize seeding into good moisture | Give your sprayer a spa day…
Questions of the Week
May 23, 2024
Sprayer performance tips
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Questions of the Week
May 25, 2023
Herbicide pitfalls | Flea beetles | Blackleg fungicide now? | Drill performance | Lambda-cyhalothrin label update…
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Topics for June 16, 2021
June 16, 2021
Counting canola | Herbicide timing | Cleaning sprayers | Flea beetle tips…
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CANOLA QUIZ – Weed management
June 9, 2021
Eight questions this week – four on agronomy as it relates to weed management and four on weed identification…
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Spraying situations: Timely topics
June 10, 2020
Situations...Lots of weeds and they're growing fast. Spraying at night to dodge heavy winds. Scouting shows escapes of efficacy issues. Tank mix makes a mess of the sprayer…
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Tips for spraying at night
June 3, 2020
from the perspectives of herbicide uptake, efficacy and label requirements, night spraying is OK as long as weeds are not under any stress and are growing actively going into the evening…
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Finding time for sprayer tank clean-out
May 27, 2020
With wind delays and pressure to get crops seeded, the weed spraying operation could be bouncing from crop to crop, and from pre-seed burnoff in one field to early post-emergence in another. This requires extra attention to detail for tank mixing and sprayer clean-out…
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Tips for spraying in the wind
May 21, 2020
Given the value of early weed control, take full advantage of calm conditions to spray. If it’s too windy (more than 20 km/h), the sprayer will probably have to sit idle. But when wind is 10 to 20 km/h, here are some tips to improve performance and reduce drift……
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Spring cleaning for the sprayer
May 6, 2020
Chemical residue can last over the winter and cause crop damage, so you want to give the sprayer a complete pre-season cleaning. Here are the steps:…