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Topics for June 23, 2021
June 23, 2021
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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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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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PPE's recommended for handling pesticides
May 6, 2020
Respirators for pesticide applicators are NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved organic-vapour-removing cartridge with a pre-filter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved canister for pesticides…
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How to cope with salinity
March 11, 2020
Recent wet and dry cycles have increased topsoil salinity in many parts of the Prairies over the past few years. “Salinity is not a salt problem, it’s a water problem,” says Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development. “Wet years bring the water table closer to the roots, and salinity wicks up to the soil surface.”…
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Prevent weed patches from setting seed
September 5, 2019
These weed patch cut-arounds are easy to do when straight combining. The key is to destroy those patches with a mower or cultivator before they set seed…
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New glyphosate-resistant weeds moving north
August 8, 2019
Tall waterhemp is confirmed in eastern Manitoba. Palmer amaranth is in North Dakota and moving north toward Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Both are big aggressive weeds with populations resistant to many herbicides, including glyphosate. If you find them, destroy them immediately…
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A case for combine weed-seed destroyers
July 17, 2019
Breanne Tidemann, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has been researching combine weed seed destructors. They’re not perfect because some weed seeds will shed their seed before harvest and some weed seeds, like thistles, are too light and fluffy, but no IWM practice is perfect. When farmers employ a few of these imperfect tools, they can start to get…
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Suspicious weed patches? Check for resistance
June 27, 2019
Important clues that a patch of weeds are herbicide resistant: One, the patch has no clear boundary. Two, the patch will be one species of weed that escaped the spray…