Weeds

When to spray weeds after a frost? How to reduce drift in windier conditions? And more….

Respirators for pesticide applicators are NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved organic-vapour-removing cartridge with a pre-filter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved canister for pesticides.

Weeds that emerge before the crop will out-compete the crop for moisture, nutrients and sunlight. That is why just a small number of weeds

Ian Epp and Clark Brenzil compare pre-seed burnoff and early post-emergence applications, and make a good case for spraying first and then seeding.

Clean lines, nozzles and screens to prepare the sprayer for a busy few weeks of early weed control

Recent wet and dry cycles have increased topsoil salinity in many parts of the Prairies over the past few years. “Salinity is not a

Simple but effective… Tank mixes are recommended to control canola volunteers and glyphosate-resistant kochia, and to protect the long-term viability of glyphosate.

The snow layer is likely to insulate the weed leaf material from the colder conditions that follow it. That could mean you’re back spraying

The general advice is to leave them. As annuals, frost and winter will kill off most of them, and any money spent trying to

These weed patch cut-arounds are easy to do when straight combining. The key is to destroy those patches with a mower or cultivator before

If you have a canola field with a lot of perennial weed escapes, especially Canada thistle, are you better to spray them pre-harvest or

Tall waterhemp is confirmed in eastern Manitoba. Palmer amaranth is in North Dakota and moving north toward Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Both are big aggressive