by Breanne Baker | Jun 12, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Even with the best case weather scenario for the remainder of the growing season, Prairie grain production is going to be below normal. Yesterday, Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board provided an overview of the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 10, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A trio of problems is threatening the Saskatchewan crop – drought, frost and delayed development. Delayed development is a concern in most regions. In lots of fields, you have to get down on your hands and knees and maybe brush away some soil to find emerging plants....
by Breanne Baker | Jun 9, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has come up with a novel way to feed and entertain the people attending the APAS midterm meeting in Saskatoon. Most meetings have a banquet with a speaker and/or entertainment in the evening. Instead of a sit-down...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 8, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s going to take awhile to figure out overall crop conditions following the weather of the past few days. There has been substantial precipitation in most southern regions of the grainbelt. Unfortunately, the moisture didn’t go very far north, largely missing the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 5, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
For early June, crop development is was behind where it should be. The crop report released yesterday by the Ministry of Agriculture says 60 to 80 per cent of Saskatchewan crops are behind normal in development. In the areas I’ve travelled, a lot of crop is yet to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 4, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
Many producers were unable to do a pre-seed burn-off so it is critical to maximize efficiency with the first in-crop pass. The first step is scouting to determine weed species present and staging. Some growers are noticing that the grassy weeds are present and need...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 4, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
McGill University of Montreal and Becker Underwood of Ames, Iowa have signed a commercial licensing agreement. The agreement grants Becker Underwood exclusive rights to patented nitrogen-fixing technology developed by a team of McGill researchers. The technology...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 3, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is advising growers to remove weeds early. “Weeds compete for light, nutrients, and moisture and a canola crop is most susceptible to this weed competition at the seeding stage,” says Arvel Lawson, CCC program manager for...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 3, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had an interesting story on glyphosate prices in a recent edition. The story by Jeffry Tomich says a flood of inexpensive Chinese-made herbicide and deep price cuts by rivals are leading Monsanto to cut profit expectations for Roundup....
by Breanne Baker | Jun 2, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Field Scouting
This is now the best time to start watching for flea beetle action in your young canola crops, as the tender cotyledons as like candy to those pesky little black insects. Flea beetle damage looks like little chew marks on the leaves; they will start to feed on...
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