Ensuring adequate nodulation starts with choosing the correct inoculant, keeping it alive prior to seeding and getting good coverage or placement. But what happens if, for any number of reasons, your pulse crop ends up with less than great nodules? What if you've got nodules that never pink up or seem to die off? In…Read More
Category: Western Canada
When it comes to making a decision on your farm, you may be comfortable getting agronomic advice from your peers or the generation that's gone before, but how many of you have what you consider a mentor for your career as a farmer? The same question applies to those in industry as well — who... Read More
The burrowing owl migrates roughly 3,400 km per year, making its southern home in Texas and Mexico, and arriving back in Canada in early spring. Its home is unique: an abandoned burrow lined with livestock dung (thought to help mitigate the risk of flooding, control humidity and/or mask the odour of the burr0w). A predator... Read More
Syngenta Canada Inc. has launched a new formulation of Reglone aimed at pulse production. Reglone Ion desiccant herbicide is a new formulation of Reglone, featuring a built-in, non-ionic adjuvant for complete dry-down of pulses, the company says. Reglone Ion is powered by the active ingredient diquat and offers true desiccation dry-down, compared to an application... Read More
Leaf rusts come in many shapes and strains and can be particularly hard to avoid, as the pathogen blows in from parts unknown (well, we know where, but that turn of phrase sounds better). What's perhaps more troubling is there is evidence that stripe rust may have over-wintered in parts of Alberta this year. Over-wintering…Read More
Talking about food and farm practices, there is never a shortage of ideas and opinions. I’m actually starting to wonder if we have surpassed the level of passion for food that politics once took up. After all, with voter turn-out continuously in a free fall, I wonder if instead we now focus on all the... Read More
Grains this week have been in a bit of a slump as #plant14 is finally wrapping up and crop conditions are generally good. The start of the week focused around the portion of the U.S. corn and soybean crop rated good-to-excellent at 75% and 74% respectively. Wheat continues to trade lower with bigger expectations out... Read More
The first question during the spray season is likely, what kills this weed spectrum? The second might just be, "How do I clean our my sprayer properly without risking crop injury next go-round?" In this episode of Spray Tips, Tom Wolf, spray application specialist and @Nozzle_Guy, answers not just that question, but also a few... Read More
BASF Canada announced this week a major label expansion for PRIAXOR fungicide. For 2015, farmers will have access to PRIAXOR for use on canola, pulses, corn, soybeans and flax. PRIAXOR combines Group 11 pyraclostrobin with Xemium, a Group 7 SDHI fungicide, providing multi-mode of action resistance management benefits in one population. PRIAXOR is the latest... Read More
With great sadness I found out this morning that Dr. Lloyd Dosdall has passed away after a long battle with cancer. See Dr. Dosdall's bio on the University of Alberta's website I remember back in July 2010 when I first met Dr. Lloyd Dosdall. It was at the Farming Smarter site on the east side…Read More