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Herbicide Efficacy and Record Keeping

Herbicide Efficacy and Record Keeping

Every season herbicides get applied to crops and often the assumption is simply that the products worked, and worked at 100% efficacy. The reality of our herbicide applications is that we often fail to understand where they worked, how well they worked or why they...
Top-dressing Nitrogen: 3 Keys to Increasing Returns

Top-dressing Nitrogen: 3 Keys to Increasing Returns

Top-dressing nitrogen (N) is becoming a more common practice across western Canada; and for good reason.  Achieving superior yields, better quality, risk management and higher nitrogen use efficiency are few benefits that are drawing more attention to this practice....
Herbicide Resistance and Data Management– Take the Next Step

Herbicide Resistance and Data Management– Take the Next Step

Herbicide resistance is a topic that comes up at every spray stage of the growing season – pre-burn, in-crop, pre-harvest and post harvest. This is a common theme for good reason; Herbicide resistance decreases profitability for every farm it occurs on. This reduction...
CX-6 SMART Seeder Trials to commence in Spring 2016

CX-6 SMART Seeder Trials to commence in Spring 2016

Innovation is constantly driving agriculture efficiencies and production systems, and just like new technology is shifting the way we communicate or travel, it is constantly changing the way we farm. The newest innovation is the CX-6 SMART Seeder from Clean Seed...
Growing Degree Days – The Under Utilized Management Tool

Growing Degree Days – The Under Utilized Management Tool

The seeding season is beginning to wrap up for a large number of producers across western Canada.  But wait, there’s still an important step in setting yourself up for a successful growing season. Today we look at the importance of accurate seeding date records and...