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May 8, 2013

10 important weeds in canola

The top 10 weeds in canola are: Cleavers, volunteer canola, kochia, Canada thistle, sow thistle, narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard, dandelion, wild buckwheat, stinkweed and stork’s bill.
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May 8, 2013

Weed questions for Clark Brenzil

Read more for answers to these questions: —Should we really be concerned about glyphosate resistance? We’ve been managing weed resistance in other Groups and
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May 8, 2013

Moving soil, moving clubroot

The highest risk operation to introduce and spread clubroot is the one that moves the greatest amount of soil throughout the farm and across
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May 8, 2013

Buyer beware with novel fertilizer products

If a grower decides to try something new, find a uniform field, try one product at a time and leave an untreated check, ensuring
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May 8, 2013

Fan speed and seed damage

Some air drills can cause costly levels of seed damage if the fan speed is too high. Cracked seed will not germinate. Inspect the
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May 8, 2013

Farm safety tip

Contact with an overhead power line can result in a serious or even fatal injury. Protect yourself, your family, and those who visit and
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May 1, 2013

Issues of the week

With the late start, the benefits of careful seed placement still apply — and perhaps more than ever. Taking an extra day or two
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May 1, 2013

Not a year to cut seeding rates

Without attention to seeding speed, drill maintenance and other factors that lead to poor seed survival, a canola stand can easily look like this
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May 1, 2013

It’s seeding season. Is your sprayer ready?

A pre-seed burnoff will result in higher yields versus no pre-seed burnoff. Seeding can begin fairly soon after a burnoff. For annuals and winter
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May 1, 2013

Volunteer canola control

Hit these volunteer canola plants when they’re small with a pre-seed burnoff. Volunteer canola is a weed and competes with the crop for nutrients
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May 1, 2013

CleanStart efficacy tips

Nufarm provides the following tips for CleanStart ahead of canola…
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May 1, 2013

Factors that delay maturity

Yield potential tends to drop off with late May and early June seeding dates. At those seeding dates, it will be important to look
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