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Weather delays for seeding and spraying make it all the more important to have equipment ready to go and running smoothly when productive moments

How do you spray weeds in a timely fashion when every day seems too windy? Too windy, according to the Guide to Crop Protection,

Factors in this decision are maturity of the variety, average date of first fall frost, crop insurance deadlines and profit potential of alternative crops.

The economic thresholds – the point at which foliar insecticide provides an economic benefit – could be when damage reaches 50%, but leaf area

Here’s No.1: Wind can bury or blow out seedlings. Will they recover? If buried, they might not. If sand-blasted and sheared off, not likely.

Growers have two common questions after a spring frost: 1. Did the crop survive? (Do I need to reseed?) 2. When can I resume

AFSC in Alberta has extended its recommended seeding date deadlines for yield and quality coverage to June 5 for Argentine canola and June 15

In late springs with wet conditions, broadcast seeding may be the only way to get the job done. In fact, broadcasting may actually provide

Even if seeding is two or three weeks away, a pre-seed burnoff now could keep these weeds from getting too big to control. We

Early weed control with lower efficacy is generally preferable to no control at all or late control with higher efficacy — as long as

A key part of the Keep It Clean program is to follow label rates and timing for all crop protection products. Here are specifics

The seeding rate calculator at canolacalculator.ca defaults to 60% seed survival, which is fairly typical for canola in Western Canada. If choosing the default