Lower nitrogen rates in dry beans could pay off for farmers - Grainews
Manitoba research is testing whether reduced nitrogen fertilizer in dry beans can maintain yields while cutting costs and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.| Grainews
Bacterial leaf streak is re-emerging in cereal crops on Canada’s Prairies. With no fungicides or resistant varieties available, researchers are testing genes for future control of the crop disease. The post Researchers chase resistance to bacterial leaf streak in Prairie cereals appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Manitoba research is testing whether reduced nitrogen fertilizer in dry beans can maintain yields while cutting costs and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.| Grainews
Yield tops Dan Undersander’s list of considerations for an alfalfa variety, for the simple reason that profitability increases with yield.| Grainews
If all goes according to plan, by 2027 soybean farmers throughout Canada will have new soybean varieties with tolerance to five key herbicides. Bayer Crop| Grainews
A common practice for some cattle producers is to let loose cows onto a ripe corn field and graze to their heart's content for fall/winter grazing –| Grainews
Grasshoppers didn’t pose a serious threat to crops in most parts of Saskatchewan in 2024 — but a leading entomologist warned growers attending the recent| Grainews
Prairie farmers and agronomists needing a more definitive process to detect fusarium infection in cereal grains, particularly barley, may get such a process out of research underway at the University of Saskatchewan. The post Fusarium head blight mycotoxin detector in the works appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
High seed costs and low grain prices are renewing debate over planters in canola. Experts weigh seed savings, fertilizer limits and agronomic trade-offs. The post Seed costs spark new interest in planters for canola appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGrainews
Part 2 of 2: New analyses provide test results with handy scores that assess soil using a simple format, and make it easy for Alberta farmers to spot where an intervention or practice change might have the biggest effect.| Grainews
Fusarium head blight has been a stubborn threat to cereal crops in Western Canada since the 1990s. Some years are worse than others, but when the| Grainews
Canada’s first durum variety classified as resistant to ergot may expand the wheat’s acreage in parts of Western Canada where it’s not been typically grown.| Grainews
Biologcials and biostimulants are gaining traction, but experts say Prairie grain growers still need to ask hard questions and look for data that backs up companies’ claims.| Grainews
Researchers are looking at Prairie farmers’ options for intercropping annual or perennial crops with shelterbelts composed of berry bushes and tree species such as seabuckthorn and buffalo berry, to boost biodiversity and returns. The post Research studies fruit-forage intercropping appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsCrops & Production Tips - Grainews
After heavy rains flooded his yard, a Saskatchewan farmer turned to a consolidation drainage and irrigation project to better manage water on his land. Here’s how it works — and how the WSA and funding help make it happen. The post Turning excess water into an asset with consolidation drainage appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsCrops & Production Tips - Grainews
The data Prairie farmers get from chemical analysis of soils are necessary to develop a field fertility program — but as an Alberta program shows, those data don’t tell the whole story needed to assess soil health.| Grainews
After a string of dry years, the wetter conditions in 2024 saw clubroot hit Alberta hard. Genetic advances in resistant varieties have certainly helped —| Grainews
Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) proposes a three-ppm maximum residue limit for trinexapac-ethyl on rye crops, opening the door for use of Syngenta’s Moddus plant growth regulator and aligning with key export markets.| Grainews
As western Canadian farmers consider cropping plans for 2023, they may want to give some thought to growing camelina. It is a crop name from the past that| Grainews
A Saskatoon company’s camelina catalogue is expected to go to develop new farmed fuels under Bayer’s guidance. Bayer announced in January it has closed a| Grainews
Michelle Hubbard, an Agricutlure and Agri-Food Canada researcher, says chickpea-flax intercrop works to reduce ascochyta blight disease. She shares some theories on why. The post Ongoing research on chickpea-flax intercrop shows the mix reduces ascochyta blight appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsFeatures & Production Tips - Grainews
University of Manitoba research finds verticillium stripe in canola can break down blackleg resistance, creating challenges for disease management and yield protection on the Prairies. The post Verticillium may undermine canola blackleg resistance appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsFeatures & Production Tips - Grainews
Both winter and spring camelina might be on the cusp of better varieties to help boost production of the oilseed in Western Canada.| Grainews
Understanding the multiple potential disease pressures on your alfalfa stand can help you improve its yield.| Grainews
Beating herbicide-resistant weed populations means making a plan with clear goals and objectives and staying on top of it — and that means not allowing weeds any opportunity to set seed in big numbers.| Grainews
A University of Manitoba soil scientist is using AI and satellite data to explore how Prairie landscapes respond to long-term stress — and how they bounce back.| Grainews
As concerns over chemical usage and weed resistance increase, different technologies have been offered as alternatives to weed control. Recently, two| Grainews
A U.S. propane industry group is touting the concept of injecting steam into soil to kill weed seeds, but other research shows difficulties in heating soil to a high enough temperature to kill weed seeds with a mobile implement.| Grainews
Speaking at Ag Days, Bryce Geisel digs down into nitrogen loss pathways and how applying the right practices can keep your N fertilizer where it belongs.| Grainews
Some days my job becomes a bit like codebreaking: I have to take the specialist language of science and translate it into something useful, not just readable.| Grainews
It seems there is confusion between the terms “sustainable” and “regenerative” as applied to agriculture. Both are even perceived, in some instances, as forms of organic farming.| Grainews
Boosting populations of natural enemies such as Bracon cephi gives farmers a low-cost, sustainable way to reduce wheat stem sawfly losses without relying on insecticides that rarely work.| Grainews
Farmers and agronomists are very aware that phosphorus (P) is an essential element needed for optimum crop production in Western Canada. Most soils used| Grainews
A system to spray pre-seed herbicide at the same time as swathing isn’t just a clever labour-saver, but could help overcome one of the biggest obstacles keeping Prairie farmers out of winter wheat: the timing.| Grainews
If you or your agronomist detect aster yellows in a canola crop, you’ll be sure to find it also in an adjacent wheat crop, Ieuan Evans warns.| Grainews
Prairie scientists conducting research into field crop pests can always use more help from producers — whether it’s by granting access to farmland, or just by reporting what they see in the field.| Grainews
Information on how Canadian farmers can avoid penalties and market headaches by following labels and talking to their grain buyers.| Grainews
A combo of Group 4 and 2 actives is Corteva Agriscience’s latest entry for spring and winter wheat and barley growers in the Prairies’ Black and Grey soil zones to use against broadleaf weeds. Extinguish XL, launched in mid-March, is billed as a “pre-formulated, all-in-one application that delivers control of tough weeds like cleavers, dandelion, The post Broadleaf herbicide formulations set for cereal crops appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsCereals Production Guide for Canadian Cereal Growers
Glacier FarmMedia — Seeding winter cereals “ultra-early” in the spring can hedge against drought by offering an alternative feed source, according to Alberta research results. The project’s origins can be traced to the extremely dry year of 2021, which left many producers in the province’s eastern Lakeland region in need of feed and water resources. The post Early-spring-seeded winter cereals can bring more, better forage appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGuides & Production Tips - Grainews
Glacier FarmMedia — It’s possible to make more money from oats by reducing fertilizer rates, according to research done at four sites in Saskatchewan. But like most things in farming, a lot depends on the weather. Less nitrogen equalled more profits in trials done in 2023 because it was a dry growing season. “When you The post Cutting N on oats can pay off, if it’s drier appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsGuides & Production Tips - Grainews
Farmers don't have to go far to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what this year's crops will experience is a more complicated matter.| Grainews
At its home base in northeastern Saskatchewan, cultivator maker Bourgault is attempting to maximize yield by deep-banded phosphorus into typically untouched dirt.| Grainews
A company in Washington state is set to launch crop supplements in the Canadian market using an active ingredient sourced from “upcycled” seafood byproducts such as crab shells. The post Supplementing seed with seafood appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsWheat & Chaff & Production Tips - Grainews
The sun creates more than twice as much heat gain on the south wall of a bin in spring as it does during the summer. That, in addition to the solar heat gain on the bin roof, can lead to grain spoilage, NDSU warns.| Grainews
Based on preliminary data from a recent Prairie-wide kochia survey, AAFC’s Charles Geddes suspects Group 14-resistant kochia is now present in multiple fields in Saskatchewan and expects it could soon be confirmed in other regions as well.| Grainews
Grainews provides farmers information about Canola and practical production tips that they use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.| Grainews
Grainews provides farmers information about Pulses and practical production tips that they use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.| Grainews
Learn how to prevent, choke, and balance herbicide-resistant weeds with integrated weed management (IWM) from Dr. Drew Lyon.| Grainews
Grainews provides farmers information about Cereals and practical production tips that they use to get on with the day-to-day business of farming.| Grainews
Farmers who grow malting barley in their rotation say there is a lot to like about the crop. It’s an early-maturing, drought-resistant crop that competes| Grainews
Looking for a new canola hybrid to plant? Nineteen are hitting the market next year, many of them featuring strong disease protection packages and| Grainews
Western Canadian farmers have more pulses to choose from next year. There are seven new pea varieties from Canterra Seeds, FP Genetics, Pitura Seeds and| Grainews
