July 15 to 31: Is your water helping or hurting your tank mix?

At the 2022 Crop Diagnostic School, Kim Brown-Livingston with Manitoba Agriculture stressed the importance of testing your water supply before mixing herbicides, how some elements in water can shut down glyphosate's ability to kill weeds, and what steps you can take to correct issues in your water supply should you find them.



Photo: Greg Berg

PGRs, cereal crop staging and seeding rates

Plant growth regulators are becoming more common for cereal crop growers to help avoid problems such as lodging. In this video from the 2022 Crop Diagnostic School, Anne Kirk with Manitoba Agriculture talks about the ideal timing to apply a PGR, shows how to cut into a wheat stem to determine its growth stage, and […] Read more



July 1 to 15: TriMax drill system

Targeting maximum fertility with three chutes and precision seed placement, Bourgault's test-farm manager Jeff Strukoff explains the agronomy behind the company’s new TriMax drill system. Western Producer Editor Mike Raine chats with Bourgault's Jeff Strukoff about the technology behind the company's agronomy.