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wild oats
Cereals, Crops

Herbicide resistance isn’t getting any better

Herbicide resistance is almost guaranteed to keep getting worse. But you might be able to keep it manageable on your farm

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Wild oats have reigned as Western Canada’s worst weed for about 40 years, and multiple herbicide resistance and farmers’ reluctance to alter their practices may ensure the title doesn’t change hands in the foreseeable future. “Based on our surveys, we estimate that over half of the cultivated land in the Prairies — about 36 million […] Read more
weeds in soybean field
Crops, Production

Tufted vetch takes off

Tufted vetch not a new weed, just a different weed challenge

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The battle with weeds just never seems to end, and now, as if resistant weeds, dandelions or Eastern black nightshade don’t provide enough challenges, there’s some concern that tufted vetch will be a growing issue for an increasing number of farmers. To be fair, Canada fleabane, giant ragweed and common ragweed are still the “Big […] Read more
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Crops, Production, Soybeans

Fine tuning for weeds

With more resistance, it’s time to be sure 
we’re using the right words the right way

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Reading Time: 4 minutes In Ontario alone, farmers are now facing three different weeds with resistance to glyphosate, and a considerably longer list of those that are resistant to Group 2 chemistries. No one is blaming farmers, or saying today’s farmers aren’t as sharp as their parents. After all, today’s farmers have had to learn about new pests, new […] Read more
man at podium speaking
Crops, Production

Stacked deck

Weeds have put millions of years of evolutionary experience to work against just a handful of weed killing chemicals. The results are predictable

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In the mid 1990s a team of computer engineers came up with a new way to plug devices into computers and called it a USB port. It was different from the old ports so it wasn’t compatible with older peripherals and they became useless. Computer companies called this progress but many users called it a […] Read more
quackgrass
Production

We’ve come a long way

Weed control evolution has occurred incrementally over the years, but looking back at the sweep of history shows some very impressive gains

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Some might remember the 1970s cigarette commercial featuring the slogan, “You’ve come a long way, baby.” Well, as I think back to how we controlled pests in the early days of my career, no slogan could be more appropriate for our pesticide industry. I was recently reminiscing with my brother Bill, who has been in […] Read more
A variety of crops on a small plot of land.
Production

Plotting a course for 2014

This summer’s demo trials will focus on how to mesh traits and crop protection with precision ag technology for even better results

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Reading Time: 5 minutes After a long winter and a slow start to spring, everyone is itching to hit the field, and the major seed and chemical companies are no exception. This year, though, they’re moving away from just looking at new active ingredients or new genetics in their R&D plots. Now, they’re also starting to show what their […] Read more

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