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Eight questions this week – four on agronomy as it relates to weed management and four on weed identification…
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Hot temperatures can reduce the effectiveness of pest management applications. This article looks at performance of canola herbicides for weed control and insecticides for flea beetle control…
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Always follow labels for rate, timing and pre-harvest intervals (PHI) when applying herbicides. Applications made after the label window can lead to reduced weed control due to advanced weed staging and reduced herbicide contact with the weeds through the increased canola canopy closure…
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One weed management job for this week is to check fields about a week after spraying to make sure weeds are dying as expected… -
A few days of summer-like conditions have weeds thriving, taking up nutrients and topsoil moisture. Whether canola is already emerging, seeded but not emerging, or not yet seeded, now is a good time to remove that costly weed competition. Here are some options for each of those three situations… -
Farmers will want to test escapes for glyphosate resistance so the weeds can be targeted for intense management before they start to shed their seeds… -
I have a field that is fairly dirty with kochia, cleavers and lamb’s-quarters. Half of the field is in 6-leaf and half is staring to bud. How much yield will I lose by spraying 0.5l of glyphosate on it?…
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Important clues that a patch of weeds are herbicide resistant: One, the patch has no clear boundary. Two, the patch will be one species of weed that escaped the spray…
