Spraying
A tiny parasitic wasp, Copidosoma bakeri, can mean the difference between a successful harvest and a crop failure. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
How can Prairie growers ramp up spring wheat yields? Sometimes a view from outside can offer a fresh perspective. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wireworm populations may have wobbled in recent years, but they haven’t fallen yet. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Fusarium is an old pest in Manitoba’s Red River Valley but it is becoming a big new pest about 500 kilometres northwest, in the Swan River Valley. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
With sclerotinia, the decision to spray needs to be made as the crop is coming into flowering, before symptoms appear. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Mark Brock was recently named the 2012 Innovative Farmer of the Year award for his commitment to sustainability and innovation. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
As crop rotations narrow, controlling Roundup Ready canola volunteers in a pre-seed burndown is critical. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
New technology enhances boom control. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The development of sclerotinia stem rot in a canola crop is like a complicated dance between the fungus’s life cycle and the crop’s growth stages. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
AGCO Application Equipment Line-Up Shifting to Meet Challenging Industry Trends Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Purple spot disease can have major economic impacts for asparagus growers, and the best line of defence is spraying. But asparagus can be hard to spray Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Machinery is often the second greatest investment, next to land, on most crop based farm operations. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In Ontario, the value to farming from pest control performed by bats is estimated to range from $100 million to $1.6 billion. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Exhibits at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show are directly related to crop production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Effective grass weed control in spring wheat and barley. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have released two mobile phone applications to make it easier for anyone to adjust insecticide spray equipment. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Weather Innovations Inc. and the Ontario Potato Board have launched website to help farmers determine their individual irrigation needs. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers! 1 comments
The key thing for growers to remember with regards to sprayer maintenance is to ensure the sprayer is mechanically sound and liquid tight. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Producers often utilize spraying to achieve maximum yields, but how does one know the perfect time to spray? Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian Government has invested more than $250,000 to improve computer models based on beneficial management practices on the farm and in agriculture. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!