As the weather warms up and the bugs start creeping out of their winter homes, it’s time to start thinking about the potential for bugs in our crops and what we should be preparing for. The 2013/14 record-breaking winter has left farmers with a lot of the unknowns for the 2014 growing season in Western [...]
Weed surveys have often identified cleavers, kochia, and wild buckwheat as the weed triple-threat for cereal crops. Rather than finding a solution for each weed, we recommend battling them all at once. Enforcer is a new in-crop herbicide from Nufarm that battles a wide range of well-established weeds in cereal crops. It’s two formulations battle [...]
Every field is unique, from the amount of nutrients in a patch of soil to potential for weeds. Precision technology is making farm practices more accurate to the needs of your land. A great place to start is with DuPont™ PrecisionPac® herbicides. With DuPont PrecisionPac, you can get customized weed control and you only have [...]
Weeds and diseases can seriously impact crop yields. Protecting plants by using the inputs available can be the difference in obtaining optimum crop yield. With the increased use of precision agriculture methods and a shift in focus towards crop enhancement, crops are better able to withstand environmental stress factors. We often think of weed control [...]
Phew... I’m sure glad we got that first year in grain marketing behind us! When I joined Emerge and their partnership with FarmLink a year ago, I felt that my previous experience in marketing would have prepared me for anything! Well, what an altogether crazy, volatile, painful, wonderful, exciting and rewarding year it was! (Let [...]
According to the Government of Saskatchewan, because kochia cross-pollenates easily, is a tumbleweed, and has wind-blown pollen, it is difficult to know if the glyphosate resistance found in Western Canada was introduced from elsewhere or if it evolved independently at the various confirmed sites. Instituting changes in weed management practices is the key in improving [...]
